January 30, 2024

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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Achieves Best Shipment Season in 10 Years

During the calendar year of 2023, the team at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant had its best shipment performance in 10 years, continuing the cleanup of sites in New Mexico and across the country.

January 30, 2024

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Partnerships on Display in White’s Visit to Oak Ridge

EM Senior Advisor William "Ike" White visit to Oak Ridge.

January 30, 2024

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EM Crews Mark Significant Waste Reduction Milestone at Idaho Project

EM has made significant progress in reducing the transuranic (TRU) waste inventory at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP), fulfilling a commitment to the State of Idaho.

January 30, 2024

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Hanford Finishes First Tank Waste Processing Campaign

The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) have completed the first waste processing campaign through the Tank-Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) System at the Hanford Site.

January 30, 2024

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SRS, WIPP Collaborate to Bring Science Bowl to Southeast New Mexico

An EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) employee recently visited the Savannah River Site (SRS) to benchmark its successful science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) outreach programs, which have been in place with local schools since 2008.

January 30, 2024

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Grants to Savannah River, Hanford to Help Reduce Federal Carbon Footprint

Two EM sites are among the recipients of grants totaling more than $104 million for 31 projects across the country to support energy conservation measures, saving taxpayers $29 million in the first year of operations and drastically reducing the federal carbon footprint.

January 30, 2024

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Plant Engineers at Hanford Mentor Students on Real-World Projects

Teams of engineering students from Oregon State University (OSU) and Washington State University (WSU) recently partnered with engineers at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) for their senior projects.

January 30, 2024

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New Paducah Facility to Ensure Safe Disposal of Process Building Equipment

EM’s Paducah Site recently celebrated the startup of a first-of-a-kind scanning facility to ensure equipment removal from massive process buildings are properly prepared for safe and compliant disposal.

January 30, 2024

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Preparation Helps Oak Ridge Avert Issues in Worst Snowstorm in Over 30 Years

The biggest snowstorm in more than three decades here amid single-digit temperatures presented several challenges to EM’s operations on the Oak Ridge Reservation.

January 23, 2024

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WIPP Begins Mining New Waste Disposal Panel for First Time in Decade

Just before the new year, there was quite the ribbon-cutting at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). At the event, the spinning teeth of a multi-ton mechanical mining machine clawed through the ceremonial ribbon and began cutting a new disposal panel out of a 250-million-year-old layer of salt beneath the New Mexico desert.