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EM crews have performed numerous corrective maintenance projects over the past two years to ensure nuclear facilities on the Oak Ridge Reservation continue operating safely and effectively.
The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently began operating a new exhauster ventilation system installed in the SY Tank Farm at the Hanford Site.
EM crews replaced a large culvert along a road at the West Valley Demonstration Project where heavy equipment will transport waste containers during the teardown of the Main Plant Process Building.
Daily cost saving measures continue to provide EM’s Paducah Site with a brighter future.
EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White got a firsthand look at recent cleanup progress at the Hanford Site during a visit last week.
DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its contractor UCOR hosted a virtual event on Feb. 24 highlighting the transformation underway at the East Tennessee Technology Park and new economic opportunities for the community there.
EM crews at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site recently retrieved the last of the Advanced Test Reactor’s spent nuclear fuel elements from a water-filled storage basin and transferred them to a nearby dry-storage facility.
A team that operates camera-mounted drones at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) has been recognized with the 2021 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Unit Award by DOE’s Office of Aviation Management.
It’s been a long pull to upgrade the backbone of the communications system at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
EM recently released contract award fee determination scorecards for four prime contractors that support the cleanup program at the Hanford Site based on their performance during varying evaluation periods in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2021.