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Drones are undergoing testing to support emergency response at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) Paducah Site.
The Hanford Site’s 222-S Laboratory, operated by contractor Navarro-ATL, is upgrading the specialized equipment personnel use to safely handle and analyze samples to support cleanup operations across the site.
EM is draining the last large concrete basin at the Hanford Site.
Savannah River Site recently entered the final testing stage of a multi-year project to introduce automation to its mission to downblend surplus plutonium for permanent disposal and remove it from South Carolina, benefiting personnel while saving taxpayer dollars.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) has updated its popular “By the Numbers” feature, illustrating cleanup progress at EM sites through crisp, succinct infographics.
Workers have finished removing radioactive waste from the 21st large underground storage tank as part of the massive cleanup of the Hanford Site in southeast Washington state.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently crossed a major milestone: the 14,000th shipment of defense-generated transuranic (TRU) nuclear waste was delivered to its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and emplaced in the underground repository.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) Hanford Site is this year’s recipient of the Presidential Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Award, in recognition of the site’s migratory bird protection and artificial burrow systems for burrowing owls.
Members of the Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board (NNMCAB) recently saw firsthand the work of the legacy cleanup mission at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews at Oak Ridge are moving closer toward completing the first-ever demolition of a former uranium enrichment facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex as crews reroute utilities around the structure.