Sampling crews with U.S. Department of Energy contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company are always on the move in pursuit of groundwater cleanup progress on the Hanford Site. May 12, 2026
Over the next two years, the legacy cleanup contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office will continue to protect critical water supplies, clean up contaminated land and reduce remaining radioactive waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory. May 12, 2026
West Valley Demonstration Project workers have finished the second of three phases to drill holes for subsurface soil sampling in and around the former Main Plant Process Building site to assess contamination levels and inform safeguards before completing further cleanup there. March 31, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth and Paducah sites recently released annual reports of their environmental monitoring and compliance activities central to cleanup as they transition from nuclear remediation to nuclear renaissance. March 10, 2026
New field investigations are improving understanding of groundwater contaminant behavior and strengthening the scientific basis for future remediation decisions, the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project noted during a recent presentation at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RemPlex Seminar series. February 10, 2026
In-person engagement and direct conversations with those invested in cleanup at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory were core concepts of the new series launched last month by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Technology Engineering Center team. February 10, 2026
Idaho Cleanup Project efforts have improved the water quality of the Snake River Plain Aquifer for over 35 years. January 20, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Nevada Program recently completed drilling of two new groundwater monitoring wells and deepened a third at the Nevada National Security Site. December 16, 2025
Workers are making progress drilling holes for subsurface sampling that will provide critical data to inform safeguards in the broader mission to remediate soil at the West Valley Demonstration Project. December 16, 2025
Workers have laid the groundwork to assess contamination levels before completing further cleanup at the site of the Main Plant Process Building, which crews safely took down earlier this year in a major milestone for the West Valley Demonstration Project. November 18, 2025