March 19, 2024
Special EM Update Issue Highlights 2024 Waste Management Symposia
This EM Update issue focuses on EM’s participation in the 2024 Waste Management Symposia, the premier international conference for radioactive waste management and related topics held March 10-14 in Phoenix, Arizona.
March 19, 2024
Women Leaders in Nuclear Panel Highlights Communication, Leadership Skills
The Women Leaders in Nuclear Panel at the 2024 Waste Management Symposia last week took a different approach than previous years by featuring a keynote speaker from outside the nuclear industry
March 12, 2024
Turk, White Envision EM Sites as Hubs for Economic Development, Clean Energy
In the half century since the inception of the Waste Management Symposia, many EM sites have come full circle, cleaned and transformed into wildlife refuges, wetland preserves and national parks, U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk remarked in a prerecorded video message to the audience at the annual conference.
February 20, 2024
EM Explores Vitrification Technology Abroad to Apply to Mission at Home
EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery and Idaho Cleanup Project team members traveled to France last week to visit Orano and Alternative Atomic Energies Commission (CEA) facilities and meet with the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA).
February 20, 2024
EM Names Mark Brown as Next Idaho Cleanup Project Manager
EM has selected Mark Brown as the next Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) manager, succeeding current ICP manager Connie Flohr, who will retire from federal service in April.
January 30, 2024
Partnerships on Display in White’s Visit to Oak Ridge
EM Senior Advisor William "Ike" White visit to Oak Ridge.
January 16, 2024
Avery Meets With SRS Community Leaders, Highlights EM Achievements
EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery joined an official with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to visit with community members and other stakeholders of the Savannah River Site (SRS) last week.
January 9, 2024
EM Leaders Round Out 2023 With Visits to Western Nuclear Legacy Sites
At the end of last year, EM leaders William “Ike” White and Jeff Avery traveled West to visit nuclear legacy sites.
December 19, 2023
Moab Community, DOE Leaders Celebrate 14 Million Tons of Waste Removed
U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk and other DOE leaders joined community members and other stakeholders last week to mark the attainment of an EM 2023 priority at the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project earlier this year.
December 5, 2023
Preparing for Future: SRS Landlord Transition Takes Center Stage at Summit
The future of the Savannah River Site (SRS) was the focus of a recent summit on the transition of the site’s landlord responsibilities from EM to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) next year.