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The Savannah River Site recently acquired a new state-of-the-art electrofishing boat to bolster sampling efforts as part of work to survey the effects of its operations on people and natural resources surrounding the site.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Carlsbad Field Office and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant recently held the second annual Southeastern New Mexico Regional Science Bowl.

Future scientists, engineers and mathematicians recently put their knowledge to the test during the annual U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Regional Science Bowl at the University of South Carolina Aiken.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Portsmouth Site recently hosted the South Central Ohio High School Regional Science Bowl, where Valley High School reigned as the champion for the second year in a row and third time altogether.

An Idaho Cleanup Project contractor has provided funding to 15 classrooms in southeastern Idaho to support local educators and encourage the next generation of workers to pursue technical careers.

Researchers at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory studied water movement in wetlands and its role in filtering contaminants in the Tims Branch watershed, a riparian wetland on the Savannah River Site.

he Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant recently received more than 3,500 gallons of sodium hydroxide, commonly known as lye.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has achieved a major milestone by completing commissioning of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System facility.
Cleanup progress at the former Portsmouth and Paducah uranium enrichment plants is helping enable new opportunities for local communities to continue advancing U.S. energy and U.S. security goals, Joel Bradburne said.
Facility treated over 1,700 gallons of waste per day — nearly triple the rate of previous run