October 19, 2021
Moab Project Ships 1 Million Tons of Mill Tailings in Fiscal 2021
EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project shipped more than 1 million tons of mill tailings for disposal in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the largest annual amount since fiscal 2012.
August 17, 2021
Crews Clean Up Reactor Pool to Prepare for Facility Demolition at ORNL
EM crews at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have removed highly radioactive components from a reactor pool in a facility slated for demolition.
August 10, 2021
Collaboration Leads National Lab to Reuse Radioactive Source From Idaho Site
An EM program at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site has taken the “reduce, reuse, and recycle” concept to the next level by sending a legacy radioactive source to another DOE site for reuse.
July 27, 2021
Idaho Site Draws Closer to Shipping More Than 2,200 Waste Drums to WIPP
More than 2,200 drums containing Cold War weapons waste at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently received the green light for certification to be shipped out of state in compliance with the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement.
July 6, 2021
WIPP Marks 100 Shipments From Oak Ridge Waste Processing Center
EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently marked a milestone after receiving its 100th waste shipment from Oak Ridge, Tennessee since shipments resumed in August 2017, following a fire and radiological events in the WIPP underground in 2014.
June 22, 2021
Moab Increases Efficiency, Shipping More Waste on Each Train
EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project surpassed its own record, once again, recently completing its largest weekly shipment to date by transporting 21,092 tons of uranium mill tailings to the Crescent Junction disposal cell.
June 22, 2021
West Valley to Resume Waste Shipments by Train Following Upgrades to Rail Line
EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) will resume using a rail line to ship waste offsite starting this month.
June 1, 2021
Final Cleanup Activities Underway at Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant
EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently resumed final cleanup activities within the former Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) footprint at the Hanford Site following the historic demolition of PFP’s.
May 18, 2021
Idaho Waste Program Adapts to Pandemic Challenges, Advances Cleanup Mission
An Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site program has adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to ship waste out of the state in support of the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement.
May 11, 2021
EM Sites Team Up to Conduct Virtual Waste Inspection
Two EM programs recently collaborated to enhance an established radioactive waste inspection process, allowing for continued safe, secure, and compliant waste shipments from one DOE site to another.