EM workers at the Savannah River Site recently restored six portable tanks, helping preserve an essential site capability of transporting large quantities of radioactively contaminated or hazardous liquid solutions while creating cost savings.
The Paducah Site met a 2024 priority by safely and successfully removing 1 million pounds of R-114 refrigerant — a legacy environmental hazard stored at the site.
The Idaho Cleanup Project has improved transuranic waste operations to address waste inventory challenges, ensure shipments remain compliant with safety standards and meet commitments to the state of Idaho.
Crews at the Idaho Cleanup Project will modify a Cold War-era facility to transfer, repackage and place spent nuclear fuel in a “road ready” state to prepare for its eventual removal from Idaho.
The numbers are in, and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management shipped the largest volume of its transuranic waste for disposal from the Savannah River Site in a decade during the past fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory Site are celebrating an important accomplishment in transuranic waste shipping operations.
The EM Los Alamos Field Office has achieved another year of fulfilling its legacy cleanup commitments with the New Mexico Environment Department at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project has achieved another 1-million-ton cleanup milestone, checking off a priority of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management for the year.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant recently announced a major accomplishment in safely delivering nuclear waste over 17 million miles.
Two U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) cleanup sites are expected to save taxpayers an estimated $1 million by sharing highly specialized equipment.