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Crews with EM Idaho National Laboratory Site cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho recently provided their expertise to a critical sampling effort at site.

Two EM contractors recently earned national recognition for being leaders in safety.

EM’s cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park took a major step forward with removal of the Centrifuge Complex in late July.

Observing COVID-19 safety protocols, workers recently started construction of concrete pads that will hold a waste pretreatment system.

Exceptional progress continues at ETEC in Ventura County, CA with the successful demolition of 7 buildings at the RMHF complex since July 21.

Workers have successfully supplemented the SRS only water source as the site prepares to achieve an EM 2020 priority: startup of the SWPF.

WVDP crews resumed waste disposal shipments in late July as part of cleanup efforts after the site moved into the 2nd phase of its operations plan.

DOE officials were among the more than 170 government & industry representatives who explored potential collaborations between the U.S. & Japan.

Several EM sites and contractors across the DOE complex were recognized last week for their efforts to purchase products that protect the environment.

An updated agenda is now available for the 2020 National Cleanup Workshop, which will take place as a virtual half-day event on Sept. 16, 2020.

Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR have begun demolishing Building K-1600.

EM has marked the successful demolition of four buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) since July 21.

EM has named Brian Vance as manager, on a permanent basis, of the two offices that supervise cleanup of the Hanford Site.

Workers at the EM West Valley Demonstration Project began demolishing a former utility building this month.

A team at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant recently held a drill considered an important first step in building an emergency plan.

Before and after views: the landscape around EM’s Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.

Millions of dollars in new and old infrastructure needs protecting at the EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).

Savannah River Site employees completed equipment tests virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 National Cleanup Workshop is being revamped to be a virtual workshop on Sept. 16, 2020.

Work crews have begun demolishing a set of Department of Energy-owned buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Center.

Workers recently finished removing contaminated soil under a section of the former Building K-25 footprint in another major action

Workers at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently completed startup testing on another significant plant system.

EM recently surpassed a project milestone to clean 20 gloveboxes and radiohoods in the Savannah River National Laboratory.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Lone Pine, California recently prompted rapid notifications from the EM Nevada Program.

DOE cleanup agreements with the state of Idaho require EM to ship nuclear waste for disposal