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Workers recently performed a series of precision crane lifts to safely place and assemble a 111-ton electrical powerhouse.

A radioactive chemical called pertechnetate is a bad actor when it’s in nuclear waste tanks.

EM and the management and operations contractor are relying on a low-cost strategy using microorganisms found in nature to safely remove chemicals.

More than 1,800 students participated in the third-annual, two-day event sponsored by Fluor Idaho, EM’s cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Site.

Sean Madderom has a 37-page-and-counting document filled with acronyms.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management released the third of its four-part video series spotlighting the site’s environmental research.
The Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response Training recently trained 2,494 Hanford Site workers over 67 instructional days.

Sixteen of cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley’s (CHBWV) more than 200 employees volunteer at several local fire departments.
EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho began demonstrations this month simulating the retrieval of a radioactive waste known as calcine.

Hanford Site workers continue to make significant progress removing radioactive soil under a former engineering laboratory.