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EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White and Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Nicole Nelson-Jean last week visited the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), where they received briefings on key projects.

Trevor Dolby attended the EM Nevada Program Groundwater Open House here last month to learn more about the quality of the water in his rural community.

Both capital projects at EM’s WIPP are making remarkable progress due to a determined, creative workforce that is overcoming the challenges of the multimillion-dollar work so the facility can operate safely and compliantly for decades to come.

EM's Savannah River Site (SRS) liquid waste contractor has forged a partnership with South Carolina's only historically black technical college to help prepare the next generation of welders.

Crews with EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) are performing risk-reduction activities to prepare a former plutonium processing facility on the Hanford Site for eventual disposition.

The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) recently announced 18 communities across the U.S. as World War II (WWII) Heritage Cities, including four communities with sites important to DOE.
DOE OREM officials reached an important milestone this fall in preparing for a new onsite disposal facility by signing a record of decision with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

Unique field trips for teachers and students alike that focus on environmental science in the vast forests of Savannah River Site (SRS) are up and running again after COVID-19 shut them down in 2020.

Adding to the growing list of cooperative, or co-op, programs with colleges and universities, EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) has launched a new pathway to jobs on the Hanford Site.
Contractor employees recently implemented a new web-based waste tracking system to reduce risk of database failures and better serve the needs of the Savannah River Site (SRS).