March 12, 2024

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Turk, White Envision EM Sites as Hubs for Economic Development, Clean Energy

In the half century since the inception of the Waste Management Symposia, many EM sites have come full circle, cleaned and transformed into wildlife refuges, wetland preserves and national parks, U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk remarked in a prerecorded video message to the audience at the annual conference.

March 12, 2024

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Test Your Manhattan Project Knowledge With EM's Fact Vs. Fiction Challenge

You may have seen the movie about Oppenheimer but how much Manhattan Project history do you really know? Are you up for a challenge to find out?

March 12, 2024

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Paducah Community Members, DOE Leaders Set Sights on Clean Energy Future

EM leadership met with members of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce.

March 12, 2024

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Hanford Site Stakeholders Discuss Cleanup Priorities at Annual Public Meeting

Representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology, hosted the fiscal year 2026 Hanford Site Cleanup Priorities public briefing on March 6 at the Richland Public Library.

March 12, 2024

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‘School of Hazards’ Gives Unique Education at Savannah River Site

EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is educating workers on everyday workplace hazards with a hands-on, peer-led mobile field course.

March 12, 2024

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South Central Ohio High School Team Advances to DOE’s National Science Bowl

Valley High School Team 2 recently captured first place in the 12th annual DOE South Central Ohio Regional Science Bowl, marking the second time in the last three years the school has won the event. With the victory, the team advances to the National Science Bowl competition held in Washington, D.C., April 25-29.

March 12, 2024

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Sparking Curiosity: Hanford Engineers Engage With Kids for STEM Education

More than 40 engineers from the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently volunteered at 13 schools for DiscoverE Engineering’s National Engineers Week.

March 12, 2024

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Oak Ridge Disposal Facility Enters Next Phase of Construction

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have initiated the second phase of construction for the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF).

March 12, 2024

INL Site Contractor Partners With Small Business in DOE Mentor-Protégé Program

EM’s cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site has partnered with an Idaho Falls-based small business through DOE’s Mentor-Protégé Program.

March 5, 2024

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Pipe Dream: Tool Improves Efficiency for Hanford Groundwater Treatment Expansion

EM construction crews at the Hanford Site are laying it on the line — literally — to expand the treatment capacity of the site’s already robust groundwater cleanup program.