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Consider the following heart-pounding scenario hundreds of employees responded to as part of the EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s (WIPP) recent annual emergency exercise.

Crews at EM's Portsmouth Site recently finished excavating the first of five legacy landfills whose soil will be used to support the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF).

EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently held a formal ceremony for the Hanford Fire Department.

EM recently awarded Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR approximately $27.5 million for its performance from Nov. 1, 2021 through May 22, 2022, amounting to 85% of the available fee for the evaluation period.

EM contractor Hanford Laboratory Management and Integration (HLMI), which runs the Hanford Site’s 222-S Laboratory, received the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Superior Star award from DOE at a recent national conference in Washington, D.C.

EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White praised recent progress in EM’s cleanup work and laid out a roadmap of future success as he kicked off the first full day of the annual National Cleanup Workshop in Arlington, Virginia on Sept. 22.

A panel of leaders from EM and several of its contractors provided updates at the National Cleanup Workshop on key progress and discussed the next phase of the cleanup mission.

Historic accomplishments, innovative technologies and additional treatment capabilities have ushered in a new era of cleanup progress that wouldn’t have happened without EM’s champions in Congress, EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White said last week.
Eight managers leading cleanup at EM sites across the DOE complex highlighted successes and shared challenges over the past year during a roundtable discussion at the National Cleanup Workshop.
A National Cleanup Workshop panel comprised of federal and contractor leaders and community stakeholders from across the DOE complex shared insights into succession planning to help develop EM’s future workforce.