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Joseph Sinicrope, left, Florida International University Applied Research Center, serves as the E10.03 Subcommittee Chair and Connor Nicholson, Savannah River National Laboratory, serves as the E10.03 Vice Chair.
Collaboration between EM and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International has yielded five new standards and testing practices for fixatives — the latest being approved earlier this summer.
Vapor vacuum extraction technology went online in 1996 to remove solvent vapors from a Cold War-era landfill at the Idaho National Laboratory Site. After nearly 25 years of operation, data show that the technology has been so successful that the three vapor treatment units at the site will likely remain off in perpetuity.
Almost a year after shutting off three vapor treatment units at a former radioactive and hazardous waste landfill at the Idaho National Laboratory Site, analytical data from thousands of vapor samples indicate that cleanup objectives have been achieved.
From left, EM Acting Chief of Staff Erik Olds, Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Deputy Manager Joel Bradburne, EM Acting Assistant Secretary William “Ike” White, PPPO Manager Robert Edwards, DOE Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security Matthew Moury, and Portsmouth Site Lead Jeff Bettinger stand in front of the X-326 Process Building under demolition.
EM Acting Assistant Secretary William “Ike” White visited the Portsmouth Site last month to get a firsthand look at demolition and disposal progress as part of the ongoing decontamination and decommissioning of the site.