August 23, 2022
EM Nevada Groundwater Program Welcomes Peer Review Team
Four peer reviewers recently joined the EM Nevada Program in Las Vegas to participate in technical briefings, presentations and a tour of the Pahute Mesa groundwater region at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).
August 2, 2022
Soil Remediation Brings Oak Ridge Closer to Completion at ETTP
An area of land in Oak Ridge will be added to the Manhattan Project National Historical Park thanks to EM’s cleanup efforts there.
July 19, 2022
SRS Tackles Groundwater Issue Using Innovative Passive Energy Process
EM and its cleanup contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) are employing an innovative method to tackle groundwater cleanup at a former coal-fired power plant in D Area at the site.
July 12, 2022
EM Los Alamos Achieves Key Milestones in Campaign to Determine Closure for Historically Contaminated Sites
The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) recently met key milestones in a cleanup campaign to reevaluate whether certain sites around Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) with historical contamination pose a risk to human or environmental health.
July 12, 2022
Hanford Site Installing Another Layer of Protection for Groundwater
Work by the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) to provide additional groundwater protection at one of the Hanford Site’s groupings of large underground waste tanks is nearing completion.
June 28, 2022
Paducah Site to Use Biology to Eliminate Groundwater Contamination at Source
A new environmental remediation project at EM’s Paducah Site will deploy a biological technology to eliminate underground contaminants that compromise the area’s groundwater.
June 28, 2022
West Valley Restores Land After Removing Soil, Structure
EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently finished restoring an area where they removed soil and a structure associated with a project to build a unique groundwater treatment system.
June 21, 2022
EM-Los Alamos Hosts Public Forum Focused on Cleanup Mission
Los Alamos and northern New Mexico citizens, advocacy groups and members of the media attended the Environmental Management Cleanup Forum June 16 at the historic Fuller Lodge, part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.
June 7, 2022
Savannah River Site Uses Oil as 'Bait' to Help Destroy Solvents in Groundwater
Engineers from EM contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) have successfully reduced degreasing solvents beneath the Savannah River Site (SRS), using a technology that injects a form of iron and oil into groundwater.
June 7, 2022
Moab Site Partners With USGS on Revegetation Effort
Biologists from EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project and the local U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) office are collaborating on an experiment to revegetate a challenging area of the cleanup site.