A $5 million grant that DOE recently awarded to a local nonprofit will strengthen the workforce pool needed to support the EM and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) missions, particularly at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
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.
Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR is awarding $30,000 in grants for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) projects to benefit 30 schools across a nine-county region.
Disaster recovery testing teams recently conducted a behind-the-scenes emergency drill at the Hanford Site, assessing capabilities while also upgrading data storage and improving system performance during a weekend service outage.
The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) recently achieved full operation of an interim measure to contain and control migration of a contaminant plume in the groundwater.
EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor CPCCo is preparing to implement key components of a system that will isolate and stabilize about 15,000 pounds of radioactive debris in the K West Reactor spent fuel storage basin on the Hanford Site.
EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has completed a significant waste retrieval project, further advancing EM’s mission of safe cleanup of legacy liquid waste.
A second slate of 12 laboratory technicians recently started work at the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site.
EM's Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently started testing a system integral to treating the Hanford Site’s tank waste.
DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR recently completed the removal of one of the final remaining structures at the former Radioisotope Development Lab at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).