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This special wrap-up section of the weekly EM Update focuses on the National Cleanup Workshop, held Sept. 16-18 in Arlington, Virginia.

In a recent visit to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk and DOE Office of Environmental Management Senior Advisor Candice Robertson took a tour that went 2,000 feet into Earth where transuranic waste is being emplaced in mined salt beds.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm delivered the keynote address at the 2024 National Cleanup Workshop.

More than 70 community leaders from Paducah, Kentucky, met with leadership with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management to discuss federal priorities and continued collaboration on future cleanup and land transfer during the annual Paducah Chamber of Commerce Fly-In.

Last week, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management leaders traveled to Japan to attend the two-day 8th International Forum on the Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station to engage with nuclear cleanup experts from Japan, the U.S., U.K. and other countries.
Hanford Site wildlife biologists take great care in protecting migratory birds. The environmental team with U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions conducts bird nest surveys prior to any work activities on the ground.

More than 240 people gathered for the 3rd Annual Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (EM MSIPP) Achievement Workshop in Augusta earlier this month.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) has named Carrie Meyer as its director of communications and stakeholder engagement.

Major themes of growing partnerships and continued progress came into focus during a visit to Oak Ridge by U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Senior Advisor Candice Robertson — her first trip to the site since becoming head of the cleanup program in June.

In her first visit to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) cleanup site since being named head of the cleanup program in June, Senior Advisor Candice Robertson recently traveled to Los Alamos to meet with local community leaders and the EM workforce to get a firsthand look at sustained progress underway.