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EM’s onsite engineered disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste generated by environmental cleanup projects in Oak Ridge recently celebrated 20 years of safe and compliant waste disposal operations.

Proper training is crucial in the nuclear field to maintain worker safety and ensure work is performed according to procedures.

EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently resumed processing high-level tank waste through the Tank-Side Cesium Removal System at the Hanford Site following a maintenance outage.

Fresh out of the Navy, Ronald Randazzo wanted to go somewhere new and return to school with educational assistance provided by the GI Bill.

A new environmental remediation project at EM’s Paducah Site will deploy a biological technology to eliminate underground contaminants that compromise the area’s groundwater.

EM is testing a commercial inspection drone to map piping and other obstructions as it prepares to position equipment to retrieve granulated high-level radioactive waste called calcine.

EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently signed an agreement outlining a partnership to deliver mission success.

Officials from EM and Ohio University recently joined a class at Ohio’s Western High School to celebrate the 11th cohort of students to complete an EM Annual Site Environmental Report (ASER) Summary project.

EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently finished restoring an area where they removed soil and a structure associated with a project to build a unique groundwater treatment system.

EM is on track for success in meeting most of its priority goals for 2022, including a handful that already have been completed.