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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management crews recently demolished another steel-framed, fabric-covered building at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex’s Subsurface Disposal Area at the Idaho National Laboratory Site. Just three buildings remain on the 97-acre Cold War-era landfill, following removal of this former waste storage building.
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR hosted more than 50 guests on a guided tour to observe progress on the construction of the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF).
Control room personnel monitor systems at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant after recently adding the first batch of “tuning feed” to one of the plant’s large melters.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has recertified the West Valley Demonstration Project’s Environmental Management System, a management practice that allows organizations to conduct work in a systematic manner to minimize impacts of operations on the environment.
Crews with U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) designed a unique and challenging scenario to test the effectiveness of emergency response during the Hanford Site’s recent Annual Field Exercise.
EM is draining the last large concrete basin at the Hanford Site.
Portsmouth Site crews relied on detailed planning, collaboration and teamwork to successfully complete the characterization activities in the X-333 Process Building, which is slated for demolition early next year.
Members of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee recently toured the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center at the Idaho National Laboratory Site.
A new automated pumping system is up and running at the Former Sodium Disposal Facility on the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Energy Technology Engineering Center site at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
Savannah River Site recently entered the final testing stage of a multi-year project to introduce automation to its mission to downblend surplus plutonium for permanent disposal and remove it from South Carolina, benefiting personnel while saving taxpayer dollars.