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A working group recently addressed policy and crosscutting issues impacting the handling, storage and disposition of DOE-managed spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in its first in-person meeting since late 2019.

For almost four decades, EM's Savannah River Site (SRS) and the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at the University of South Carolina Aiken (USC Aiken) have partnered to bring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to area student.

A new utility shaft at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently surpassed the 1,900-foot level continuing toward the underground waste repository depth of 2,150 feet.

A DOE Office of Environmental Management contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) awarded 114 local educators grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 during a recent celebration.
The Hanford Site is home to an elite team of patrol officers known as the Special Response Team (SRT), which just added nine new members.

Employees at the H Canyon Chemical Separations Facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently completed the inactivation of equipment related to a process system used in previous missions.

EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery attended the second annual House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus reception at the U.S. Capitol last week.

Jeff Avery, EM principal deputy assistant secretary, participated in the 2023 Energy Communities Alliance Forum panel.

Two EM organizations in Idaho are effectively working together to manage water at a Cold War-era facility at the (INL) Site to protect the underlying aquifer used by 300,000 Idaho residents for agriculture, drinking water and municipal usage.

Members from the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and other government agencies toured National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Department of Energy EM facilities at the Savannah River Site last week.