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A firefighter in full gear demonstrates a fire with a metal object sitting on top of a large wooden box
More than 125 fire chiefs and other fire protection professionals from across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex attended the DOE/Energy Facility Contractors Group Fire Protection Workshop last week, helping mark the largest attendance for the annual event in recent years.
A large yellow construction crane vehicle works with employees standing around it in yellow suits
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) recently awarded $9.8 million, or about 98% of the available fee, to Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, the prime contractor for the Portsmouth Site’s decontamination and decommissioning project in Ohio, for its performance during the evaluation period of the first four months of fiscal year 2024.
A large factory building with large, white ductwork coming out of it and beside it
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has achieved a significant milestone by completing construction of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) facility — a new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
An overhead shot of a waste tank being lifted onto a shipping truck with workers around
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor Isotek achieved a 2024 priority for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) while also crossing another major milestone in the highest priority cleanup project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
A large pumping system with lots of metal tubes and wires throughout, sitting inside a facility building
For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Office of River Protection has collaborated with national and international laboratories, universities and glass industry experts to plan and prepare for 24/7 operations at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site.
Aerial shot of land with two buildings and many rows of solar panels on it
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR for successful cleanup of the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
A large tractor-trailer truck getting fueled with gas by three men in green hazmat suits
Workers recently unloaded a shipment of more than 10,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide delivered to the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP). The liquid sodium hydroxide will be the first chemical fed into the plant’s melters to simulate Hanford tank waste.