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U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm honored Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Manager Connie Flohr with the Secretary’s Exceptional Service Award in recognition of Flohr’s dedication and service to the Department of Energy (DOE) and nation

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.

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

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.

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).

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.
EM Senior Advisor William "Ike" White visit to Oak Ridge.

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.

At the end of last year, EM leaders William “Ike” White and Jeff Avery traveled West to visit nuclear legacy sites.

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.