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Workers at the Hanford Site have nearly completed excavation at a former waste site near the Columbia River. June 17, 2025.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has received regulatory concurrence that the Savannah River Site has successfully removed waste from two more tanks ahead of schedule, marking another major cleanup milestone. June 17, 2025.
Federal and contractor team members across the cleanup complex have been honored for demonstrating exceptional performance in making small business vital to the U.S. Department of Energy’s mission success. June 17. 2025.
Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management contractor Isotek Systems found savings of more than $10,000 annually thanks to the initiative and questioning attitude of its employees. June 17, 2025.
Hanford crews are preparing for the site’s first-ever transfer of radioactive waste from one of its large underground tanks to the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. June 17, 2025.
Fourteen geoscience students from Georgia Southern University recently toured the Geological Core Repository at the Savannah River Site. June 17. 2025.
By installing the last piece of pipe, Hanford Site workers have completed the final connection between underground tanks storing radioactive waste and the waste treatment plant that will begin solidifying it in glass later this year. June 10, 2025
With the demolition of the former Main Plant Process Building wrapping up, EM Update spoke with Bryan Bower, EM's director of the West Valley Demonstration Project, about the successful project and lessons that could be applied at other cleanup sites. June 10, 2025
EM Los Alamos Field Office has reached a significant stage in a key project for the legacy cleanup mission at Los Alamos National Laboratory by beginning offsite shipments of transuranic waste from previously buried corrugated metal pipes for permanent disposal. June 10, 2025
The EM Nevada Program has completed the demolition of the largest ancillary structure remaining at the Engine Maintenance, Assembly and Disassembly Facility at the Nevada National Security Sites. June 10, 2025