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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews at Oak Ridge are moving closer toward completing the first-ever demolition of a former uranium enrichment facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex as crews reroute utilities around the structure.

“Jobs IRL: Looking at Jobs on a More Atomic Level,” a new radio series on National Public Radio’s (NPR) “Marketplace Morning Report,” recently highlighted unique career opportunities and job training offered at Savannah River Site (SRS).
An after-school camp in Tri-Cities, Washington, is giving young women the tools to build a foundation — literally and figuratively — for a career in construction, strengthening the local pipeline for the next generation of Hanford Site workers.

Employees with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have been recognized nationally for “superior” technical papers presented at Waste Management (WM) Symposia held earlier this year.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) Nevada Program is preparing to receive a new real-time radiography (RTR) drive-through portal that will expand the radioactive waste verification capabilities at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).

Local high school students partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's Portsmouth Site and Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service to develop and publish this year’s Student Summary of the Annual Site Environmental Report, commonly referred to as the Student ASER.
Planning ahead to bridge an expected experience gap as many members of the workforce reach retirement age, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor UCOR began expanding its internship program in recent years.

Technicians at the Hanford Site’s 222-S Laboratory, operated by U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contractor Navarro-ATL, are processing the second batch of radioactive tank waste samples in support of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) Program.

A total of 193 interns hailing from 57 colleges and 12 states recently earned spots in a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) contractor’s paid summer internship program at the Savannah River Site (SRS).

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.