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Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) last week marked the 20th anniversary of being designated as a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory.

Stakeholders from eight cleanup sites recently met for the biannual two-day Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB) National Chairs meeting in Chillicothe, Ohio, where they heard about progress across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) complex from EM leadership.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site continue to make progress using repurposed Cold War-era facilities to treat potentially hazardous metals, rendering them safe for offsite disposal.

Workers with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently demonstrated two improved methods they intend to use for removing an old hydraulic pump from a large, underground tank storing radioactive and chemical waste at the Hanford Site.
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have completed the first phase of construction for the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF).

Crews at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently started the permanent joule heating system in the second of two melters in the plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility.
More than 100 in-person and virtual attendees gathered at a recent Environmental Management Cleanup Forum to hear leadership from the Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) discuss a mutual initiative for a hexavalent chromium groundwater plume beneath the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

Nearly 1,000 people from across the United States attended Safety Fest TN last week to take advantage of free safety and health training. The four-day event offered more than 130 courses, seminars and demonstrations on a wide range of topics.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) program has added three electric vehicles and six charging stations to its Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site and Idaho Falls facilities.

American Association for the Advancement of Science elects Olin “Gene” Rhodes as fellow