Soil & Groundwater Remediation News

The underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer is considerably safer today following three decades of EM cleanup activities at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory Site.
The environment at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site and underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer are considerably safer today following 30 years of cleanup in compliance with state and federal regulations.
Workers with EM contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company are preparing to add structural support in Room 18 at the 324 Building at the Hanford Site to allow for the safe removal of contaminated soil under the building.
With Old Man Winter knocking at the door, EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is preparing the Hanford Site’s 324 Building to continue important risk-reduction work as the weather turns colder.
Tessa Hermes, assistant project manager and senior geologist with Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) subcontractor TerranearPMC, assesses the excavation of contaminated soil near one of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Cold War-era underground explosives firing chambers. The site is part of N3B’s Southern External Boundary Campaign to clean up Lower Water Canyon.
The EM Los Alamos Field Office and its cleanup contractor have collected more than 3,100 soil samples and excavated more than 1,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil as they remediate land at the southernmost boundary of Los Alamos National Laboratory.