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Crews removed 64 million pounds of waste from Oak Ridge’s cleanup sites in 2025, a tally showcasing the pace and progress of projects clearing away old infrastructure and preparing numerous buildings for demolition. December 23, 2025
Crews recently reduced the legacy footprint at the Savannah River Site by demolishing two structures surrounding a facility that once helped power deep-space missions such as Galileo, Ulysses and Cassini. December 23, 2025
The Idaho Cleanup Project has closed the first chapter of cleanup of three legacy nuclear propulsion prototypes at the Naval Reactors Facility by completing deactivation and demolition of the defueled Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse — the historic Navy prototype that helped develop the first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus. December 23, 2025
Hanford Site crews recently finished digging a new disposal area at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility, the site’s engineered landfill. December 23, 2025
EM Crews have made steady progress removing a legacy research reactor dome, Building 280, located on the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory site. December 23, 2025.
The Paducah Site Protective Force has marked 106,000 miles of driving without any accidents in one year. December 23, 2025
Crews used cranes and lifts to install heavy steel beams nearly 60 feet above the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant’s High-Level Waste Facility on the Hanford Site. December 23, 2025
Cleanup program recently awarded performance-based fee payments to 12 of its contractors at sites across the DOE complex. December 23, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Nevada Program recently completed drilling of two new groundwater monitoring wells and deepened a third at the Nevada National Security Site. December 16, 2025
Crews at the Hanford Site have introduced an advanced metal coating technology to help extend the life of underground tanks that hold radioactive waste. December 16, 2025