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A number of notable accomplishments have positioned EM for continued success, and work completed ahead of schedule.

Closure of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s largest building,

EM continues to make progress on its 2020 priorities. EM Update is highlighting accomplishments in EM’s priority groups through the end of this year.

Reuse of transport platforms — large elevator-like devices installed outside facilities that allow workers to access multiple floors.

The final class of commissioning technicians recently completed the classroom portion of their in-depth systems training.

At the Hanford Site, weather data drives decisions that keep the workforce safe and healthy through high temperatures.

EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office is installing the water treatment system for its On-Site Waste Disposal Facility.

What’s the safest way to climb and inspect a 70-year-old, 250-foot-tall brick exhaust stack?

EM crews began taking down the remaining facilities located in the former Biology Complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge.

EM’s Paducah Site has been the safe operation of the system to treat and reduce groundwater contamination.

After years of planning, the future interim storage area for nearly 2,000 highly radioactive capsules is taking shape at the Hanford Site.

The final dump truck delivering limestone gravel came and went, setting the stage for the closure of a 12-acre legacy coal yard.

EM is implementing a series of robust upgrades to increase the capacity and reliability of a critical effluent treatment facility.

UCOR were honored Nov. 12 with the Government Team Project of the Year Award.

Crews prepared a large demolition excavator for the installation of a long-reach arm as they readied for the future teardown.

Students are becoming pen pals with Savannah River Site (SRS) employees whose degrees and careers involve science, technology, engineering, and math.

Additional air monitoring stations are being installed that will enhance environmental and radiological data collection during demolition.

The Salt Waste Processing Facility designed to significantly increase the Savannah River Site's ability to empty and close radioactive waste tanks.

EM recently declared major design work complete for Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) facilities at the Hanford Site.

EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) has awarded a $13 million subcontract to Fowler General Construction.

A little-known team of experts at the Denver Federal Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory is preserving America’s nuclear weapons research.

EM contractors across the complex have been honored with a variety of awards for safety and health excellence in DOE’s Voluntary Protection Program.

EM’s cleanup at Oak Ridge is supported by numerous vehicles that ship waste, transport personnel, and deliver items.

EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White visited the Hanford Site last week to view progress on the environmental cleanup mission.

The first shipment of depleted uranium oxide (DUO) product recently left the Paducah Site in Kentucky and safely reached its final destination.