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The Hanford Site facility that produced two thirds of the nation’s Cold War-era plutonium no longer exists.

Demolition is underway on the last laboratory facility remaining at Oak Ridge's East Tennessee Technology Park.

EM workers are set to soon begin transferring spent nuclear fuel from an underwater basin to a dry storage area at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory.

A 200-foot meteorological tower critical to cleanup planning at EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site recently passed an annual inspectio

STEM is core to the Department’s workforce and cutting-edge energy innovation.

EM plans a wide range of accomplishments in 2020.

(WIPP) miners recently reached a milestone when they completed a “rough cut,” shaping the next area where transuranic waste will be placed.

A number of prime cleanup contractors across the EM complex exceeded annual goals for subcontracting with small businesses.

EM Richland Operations Office and contractor Mission Support Alliance are implementing measures to support pollinating insects on the Hanford Site.

DOE recently recognized EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project for excellence in “green purchasing".

The EM Nevada Program shared its Operation Clean Desert learning materials with educators at the Nevada State Science Teachers Association conference.

Forty-three teams of middle school students from across South Carolina built large, complex tabletop models of cities with clean, safe drinking water.

The Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently completed remote treatment.

EM has awarded fees to three prime contractors at its Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky cleanup sites based on their performance in fiscal 2019.

A planned maintenance outage starting in mid-February at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant will efficiently consolidate multiple projects.

EM’s legacy cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) earned more than $8.6 million.

A successful collaboration between EM and Florida International University focused on developing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Seventy-five years ago, a Hanford worker supporting the site’s plutonium enrichment effort was reading the latest from the European Theater of WW II.

EM contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions is sharing knowledge and experience with small business mentor-protégé programs.

Hanford Site fire department recently debuted a new ladder truck that will play a crucial role in emergency responses.

The first commissioning test package was recently approved for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.

EM crews have treated and repackaged 100 drums of radioactive sludge waste to date at the Accelerated Retrieval Project.

EM crews recently reached a significant milestone by modifying the 1,000th storage position for vitrified waste canisters at the Savannah River Site.

Renovations are underway to prepare a facility to process a high-dose portion of the site’s uranium-233 inventory.

A pond-like basin built in the early years of the Cold War was recently re-mediated.