February 27, 2024

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Diversity Council’s Impact Widens at Portsmouth Site, Greater Community

A diversity council created at EM’s Portsmouth Site in 2017 has seen substantial growth and opportunities as it works to create a more inclusive environment through outreach and education.

February 27, 2024

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Hybrid Excavators and More: Oak Ridge's Ambitious Pursuits in Sustainability

Developing more sustainable ways to perform work is a continuous focus on DOE’s Oak Ridge Reservation. The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR made major contributions to help EM reach last year’s goal to bring at least 150 electric vehicles to the cleanup program’s fleet.

February 27, 2024

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Canines Come Together at Savannah River Site for Detection Trials

The award-winning Savannah River Site (SRS) Canine Program helped host 27 teams from South Carolina and North Carolina as they participated in annual trials of the nation’s oldest and largest police canine organization.

February 27, 2024

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West Valley Crews Safely Demolish Former Waste Packaging Area

An EM team safely demolished a structure at West Valley Demonstration Project used during former spent nuclear fuel reprocessing operations as well as cleanup, including solidification of liquid high-level waste and deactivation of one of the last major facilities remaining at the site.

February 27, 2024

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Nearly 1,500 Students ‘Discover Engineering’ With SRS Volunteers

Forty engineers at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently helped 1,484 area middle school students explore engineering with 72 hands-on activities.

February 27, 2024

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Hanford Crews Build Melter Proficiency

Workers at the Hanford Site‘s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently poured test glass into four stainless steel containers inside the plant’s Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility. The pours help crews build proficiency for future tank waste treatment operations.

February 20, 2024

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Savannah River Site Tops 15 Million Gallons of Salt Waste Processed

The Savannah River Site’s (SRS) liquid waste program has processed more than 15 million gallons of radioactive salt waste since 2008 through the work of three major facilities.

February 20, 2024

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Regulatory Partnerships Help Oak Ridge Set National Pace of Cleanup

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released final figures for 2023 that show Oak Ridge is maintaining its position as the national pacesetter for cleanup across the federal government.

February 20, 2024

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EM Connects Tribal People for Unique Discussion on Protecting Sacred Sites

EM recently brought together tribal people whose ancestors once occupied its cleanup sites for a first-of-a-kind discussion focused on improving protection, use and access of sacred sites by tribal people.

February 20, 2024

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EM Explores Vitrification Technology Abroad to Apply to Mission at Home

EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery and Idaho Cleanup Project team members traveled to France last week to visit Orano and Alternative Atomic Energies Commission (CEA) facilities and meet with the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA).