June 21, 2022
Intergovernmental Groups Receive Progress Updates From EM Leaders, Tour WIPP
State regulators gathered for the spring meeting of the NGA Federal Facilities Task Force (FFTF) received updates from Jay Mullis, acting associate principal deputy assistant secretary for regulatory and policy affairs.
June 7, 2022
Savannah River National Lab Debuts Regulatory Center of Excellence
The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) has established the Regulatory Center of Excellence (RCE) as an expert resource charged with helping EM and others manage complex issues involving science, government and communications.
May 17, 2022
DOE Removes 9,000 Gallons of Contaminated Groundwater at ETEC
DOE has collected more than 2,000 groundwater samples for analysis and removed 9,000 gallons of contaminants from the groundwater at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site.
April 12, 2022
Tour of Cleanup Projects, Meeting With Tribes Highlight Ike White’s Idaho Visit
EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White recently visited the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, where he surveyed progress on major cleanup projects,
March 1, 2022
Idaho Site Sets Sights on Important Spent Nuclear Fuel Milestone
EM crews at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site recently retrieved the last of the Advanced Test Reactor’s spent nuclear fuel elements from a water-filled storage basin and transferred them to a nearby dry-storage facility.
February 15, 2022
Idaho Site Sets Sights on Busy Year of Projects
EM and its new Idaho Cleanup Project contractor are tackling a full slate of work at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site this year.
September 23, 2021
DOE Awards Grant to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Today, the Office of Environmental Management awarded a financial assistance grant to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
April 20, 2021
New Mission for Savannah River Site Drones: Inspect Covered Waste Sites
For the first time, camera-mounted drones recently hovered, dipped, and glided above EM’s remediated waste sites at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to ensure the structural integrity of the protective covers over them.
December 15, 2020
Stakeholders Discuss Technical Subjects as Los Alamos Workgroup Marks First Year
EM’s Los Alamos Field Office and its cleanup contractor N3B hosted a virtual meeting last week with stakeholders to discuss progress.
November 24, 2020
Cleanup Progress at ETEC Advances EM 2020 Priorities
EM continues to make progress on its 2020 priorities. EM Update is highlighting accomplishments in EM’s priority groups through the end of this year.