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EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho will assist the U.S. Geological Survey in drilling a well at the north end of the 890-square-mile Idaho site.

DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor Isotek are resuming uranium (U)-233 processing.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR are finalists in the 2020 Washington Exec Pinnacle Awards.

Hanford tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions recently received the National Safety Council’s Community Advancement Award.

EM contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) is bringing the site visit experience to the students virtually.

Demolition crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently demolished an acid recovery cell airlock and lift table.

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is issuing Draft Request for Proposal Sections for the Moab Remedial Action.

A decades-long effort to clean and transform the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant is complete.

The K-25 site, now called the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), was built in 1943 in a rural region of East Tennessee.

Almost 25 years ago, when the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant sat shuttered with dilapidated, contaminated buildings.

While DOE’s OREM celebrates a historic achievement at ETTP, more work is needed to address old, contaminated structures and modernize other portions.

From a more efficient approach for disposing debris to a digital-based monitoring system that helps detect and prevent heat stress.

Several generations of employees have worked at the former K-25 site, supporting efforts to produce enriched uranium, and to clean up the site.

Members of the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board (ORSSAB) expressed pride as DOE’s OREM transformed ETTP for new uses they helped chart.

Workers moved three enclosures that make up a system that will pretreat Hanford Site tank waste for processing to their permanent home onsite.

The final unneeded structure at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) has been torn down.

Oak Ridge crews have removed unneeded buildings at the East Tennessee Technology Park.

EM and Idaho National Laboratory Site are testing technologies that will enable the retrieval and transfer of a waste called calcine.

EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project is now transporting more residual radioactive material per shipment for disposal than ever.

EM has created a new interactive map of its completed cleanup sites. Visit

A 12-year cleanup campaign conducted by EM at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has ended successfully.

the Savannah River Site (SRS) have developed a system that improves protection for workers who handle and dispose of contaminated laboratory waste.

Innovative equipment known as “bubblers” have been improving liquid waste operations at EM’s Savannah River Site.

The posts are up, the paint is dry, and the signs showing Hanford Site cleanup successes are available for viewing.

EM's West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently encapsulated a concrete foundation slab left following the demolition of a utility building.