Soil & Groundwater Remediation News

An aerial view of a large gravel and dirt pit
Stretching across 580 square miles in southeastern Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Hanford Site is home to natural resources like gravel rock and sand — essential materials for the site's ongoing construction and remediation efforts.
A large white facility plant with lots of tubes, structures and tanks within it
The scores are in, and the Hanford Site received a perfect 10 — that is, 10 consecutive years of treating more than 2 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater, an achievement that highlights continuous, consistent cleanup progress.
A man works on a pump coming out from the ground outside
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory Site prioritize safety in all facets of their work, a commitment recently on display as employees deployed new tools to address the challenges of aging equipment and protect the physical well-being of the workforce.
Two individuals stand beside a poster board and smile
U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office legacy cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT closed out another successful 10-week summer internship program in August with presentations by this year’s three interns, Sofia Enriquez, Sam Gervais and Erin Stucky.
A group of people stand outside around a pipe coming out of the ground
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) team members injected more than 100 million gallons of artesian well water to clean up shallow groundwater underneath a 33-acre former coal storage yard and associated runoff basin at the Savannah River Site (SRS).