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Forty-four students from across the country are embarking on a paid trial run in the nuclear industry with EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site this summer.

EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) has transitioned more than 1,000 Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) computer users from the company’s corporate network to the Hanford Site network.

EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) recently awarded $14 million, or about 95% of the available fee to the prime contractor at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio for its performance in the first half of fiscal year 2023.

The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) recently marked the five-year anniversary of the first EM contract dedicated to legacy cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

Jeff Avery, EM’s principal deputy assistant secretary, participated in a meet-and-greet last week in Washington, D.C., with two community partners involved in EM’s cleanup mission at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.

EM workers continue to reduce chemical hazards at the Paducah Site with the recent shipment of 14 sodium fluoride traps, or exchange vessels, for off-site disposal and the elimination of the site’s entire chlorine gas cylinder inventory.

CARLSBAD, N.M. – Progress on the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) continues, with crews rapidly approaching the completion of construction of its buildings.

Alert employees teamed up with a regional beekeeper to save thousands of honeybees that recently took up residence at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site facility and protect members of the workforce from potential, painful stings
Crews with EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) are making progress preparing one of the Hanford Site’s oldest buildings for demolition.

With a significant percentage of employees eligible for retirement in the next decade, the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR are focused on initiatives that will bring interns and graduates into the workforce to l