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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leaders from the Paducah, Kentucky community met with senior EM officials Jeff Avery and Randy Hendrickson last week to discuss future reuse of EM’s Paducah Site.

EM is moving forward with plans to demolish two defueled naval reactor prototypes and associated buildings at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.

Oak Ridge hosted a panel at the 2023 Waste Management Symposia titled, “U.S. DOE Environmental Cleanup in Oak Ridge, TN: A New Chapter.”

This EM Update issue focuses on EM’s participation in the 2023 Waste Management Symposia, the nation’s leading gathering of government, international and industry experts on nuclear waste management, held Feb. 26-March 2 in Phoenix.

A highly attended panel at the 2023 Waste Management Symposia featured three high school girls from Florida who shared their insights and ideas to encourage more young women to enter science, technology, engineering and math careers.

Federal and contractor leadership highlighted progress in EM’s liquid waste treatment mission and lessons learned in their work during back-to-back panels at the 2023 Waste Management Symposia.

Joseph Glover II, left, a student at South Carolina State University, presents his poster to John Moon, the EM Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) manager in EM’s Office of Technology Development.

EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery, center, spoke during an Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) board meeting at the 2023 Waste Management Symposia.

EM Intergovernmental and Stakeholder Programs Director Joceline Nahigian and others with the cleanup program connected with student and faculty researchers representing the multi-university Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation.

A new construction project will deliver additional environmental protections for a Hanford Site tank farm.