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Work crews at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site have completed the installation of a soil cover over a construction debris landfill.

A Hanford Site project to stabilize three at-risk underground structures with engineered grout is well underway.

The future of cybersecurity was brought to reality at the Savannah River Site with a hardware upgrade that replaced 800 computer network switches.

Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette had an opportunity last week to see progress being made at the Hanford Site.

DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR have begun transitioning its ETTP workforce to new cleanup project.

Crews recently demolished the 6,955 square foot Utility Room building (UR) at the West Valley Demonstration Project.

Crews have marked a significant achievement by installing more than 13,000 bolts this year.

EM’s Idaho National Laboratory Site cleanup contractor has signed a mentor-protégé agreement with a firm named DOE’s Small Business of the Year.

Employees of the H Canyon at the Savannah River Site recently improved planning for steam outages at the chemical processing.

EM crews are taking steps to prevent vehicles from striking wild animals on Hanford Site roadways.

Training recently kicked off for the final class of commissioning technicians.

Work is progressing on many fronts toward transferring 1,936 highly radioactive cesium and strontium capsules to safer storage at the Hanford Site.

OREM recently received authority to conduct work inside five buildings at ORNL and Y-12.

EM has selected Nicole Nelson-Jean to serve as EM’s associate principal deputy assistant secretary for field operations, effective at the end of this.

Despite limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students have been interning across the EM complex this summer with the help of creativity.

Crews with EM Idaho National Laboratory Site cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho recently provided their expertise to a critical sampling effort at site.

Two EM contractors recently earned national recognition for being leaders in safety.

EM’s cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park took a major step forward with removal of the Centrifuge Complex in late July.

Observing COVID-19 safety protocols, workers recently started construction of concrete pads that will hold a waste pretreatment system.

Exceptional progress continues at ETEC in Ventura County, CA with the successful demolition of 7 buildings at the RMHF complex since July 21.

Workers have successfully supplemented the SRS only water source as the site prepares to achieve an EM 2020 priority: startup of the SWPF.

WVDP crews resumed waste disposal shipments in late July as part of cleanup efforts after the site moved into the 2nd phase of its operations plan.

DOE officials were among the more than 170 government & industry representatives who explored potential collaborations between the U.S. & Japan.

Several EM sites and contractors across the DOE complex were recognized last week for their efforts to purchase products that protect the environment.

An updated agenda is now available for the 2020 National Cleanup Workshop, which will take place as a virtual half-day event on Sept. 16, 2020.