January 30, 2024
EM Releases Fresh Slate of Ambitious Priorities to Drive Cleanup Progress in 2024
EM has released its program priorities for calendar year (CY) 2024, covering key cleanup actions, project construction, acquisition and other important activities that will further EM’s environmental mission.
January 23, 2024
Idaho Site Reduces Risk Transferring Spent Nuclear Fuel to Safer Storage Vaults
EM crews at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site continue to transfer spent nuclear fuel baskets to second-generation storage vaults, providing safe long-term storage and reducing risk of corrosion.
January 10, 2024
EM Continues Winning Streak as Scorecard Shows Another Year of Deep Cleanup Progress
EM checked off the majority of its priorities for calendar year 2023, completing complex work that led to critical progress, made by possible by support from its state, tribal and local partners.
December 19, 2023
Drones Take Flight at Idaho Site to Support Cleanup
EM’s use of aerial drones at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site is enabling cleanup contractor Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) to collect valuable data, protect workers and reduce costs.
December 19, 2023
Idaho Site Aims to Build Workforce With Launch of weSTEAM Program
EM’s contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site took an important step in its efforts to support science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education in Idaho with the formation of its weSTEAM program.
December 12, 2023
Idaho Site Replaces Carbon Material Critical to Waste Treatment Facility
EM crews have replaced carbon material from two vessels of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Idaho National Laboratory Site, allowing the plant to resume radioactive liquid waste treatment operations early next year.
December 5, 2023
Dual Treatments Enhance Groundwater Remediation at Idaho Site
A groundwater treatment well that EM installed two years ago at the Idaho National Laboratory Site is working in parallel with a pump-and-treat system to yield great dividends for the water quality of the underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer.
December 5, 2023
EM Proposes End State for Residual Waste Type at Idaho Site
EM project managers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site have released a draft document to the public proposing a final end state for residual granulated calcine waste, piping, tanks and equipment associated with historic spent nuclear fuel reprocessing.
November 21, 2023
New Reliable Source to Supply Nitrogen to Idaho Waste Treatment Facility
When EM's radioactive liquid waste treatment facility at the Idaho National Laboratory Site resumes operations early next year, it will be using nitrogen generated onsite, a reliable source of the gas necessary for mission completion.
November 14, 2023
Idaho Site Makes Demolition Progress in Advance of Placing Landfill Cover
EM crews are returning the site of a Cold War-era landfill on the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site to its native desert landscape.