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Department of Energy Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office legacy cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory completed its 200th shipment of transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for safe disposal. August 19, 2025
Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management team members used a multi-layered containment system to safely ship processed waste out of state for permanent disposal. It involved packaging a drum containing the waste inside a transportation cask designed to provide shielding and protection during transit.
Gone from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is legacy radioactive waste that had been stored there for more than 50 years, thanks to continued cleanup progress from the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR.