An EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) employee recently visited the Savannah River Site (SRS) to benchmark its successful science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) outreach programs, which have been in place with local schools since 2008.
Two EM sites are among the recipients of grants totaling more than $104 million for 31 projects across the country to support energy conservation measures, saving taxpayers $29 million in the first year of operations and drastically reducing the federal carbon footprint.
EM has released its program priorities for calendar year (CY) 2024, covering key cleanup actions, project construction, acquisition and other important activities that will further EM’s environmental mission.
Research scientists and graduate students from the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) and program managers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service - Savannah River (USFS-SR) recently gathered to explore efforts to expand collaboration between the two organizations that conduct ecological research and natural resource management on the 310-square-mile Savannah River Site (SRS).
EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory opened its “storefront” within the Junior Achievement of Georgia Discovery Center of the Central Savannah River Area in Evans, Georgia.
EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery joined an official with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to visit with community members and other stakeholders of the Savannah River Site (SRS) last week.
EM checked off the majority of its priorities for calendar year 2023, completing complex work that led to critical progress, made by possible by support from its state, tribal and local partners.
EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is giving nine college students the opportunity to jump-start their careers this year through a hybrid work program while finishing their engineering or computer science studies.
An EM contractor for the Savannah River Site (SRS) was recently awarded the Transformational and Operational Excellence Award at the South Carolina Manufacturing Conference and Expo for achievements in continuous improvement and operational excellence that generated over $42 million in cost savings during fiscal year 2023.
A community reuse organization created to address challenges and job loss stemming from the end of the Cold War hosted its annual meeting recently to celebrate 30 years of success serving five counties around Savannah River Site (SRS).