To Accelerate Cleanup and Save American Taxpayers Billions
Assistant Secretary of Environmental Management Tim Walsh and his leadership team recently visited the EM Los Alamos Field Office, seeing firsthand the progress achieved for the Los Alamos National Laboratory legacy cleanup. August 4, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy has finalized the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing determination for selected tank waste in Hanford’s 200 West Area, establishing that treated waste from the S, SX and U Tank Farms may be managed as low-level radioactive waste in accordance with DOE requirements. July 31, 2026
The Idaho Cleanup Project has completed two shipments of a Los Alamos National Laboratory glovebox to disposal facilities, underscoring the ICP’s critical role in addressing complex waste streams across the U.S. Department of Energy complex. May 19, 2026
Joel Bradburne and other members of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management leadership team visited the Idaho Cleanup Project. April 7, 2026
A demonstration of an innovative technology has proved successful in safely treating and permanently disposing of a complex legacy waste stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the past 50 years, reducing significant risk. March 31, 2026
The Idaho Cleanup Project is expanding a disposal facility by constructing a third cell to support the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management mission here for the next 30 years. March 10, 2026
Idaho Cleanup Project crews developed a mock-up to demonstrate the process they will follow to safely package and ship remote-handled transuranic waste drums for permanent disposal out of the state for the first time in over a decade. February 25, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy keeps a detailed inventory of legacy nuclear materials housed across its complex, including disposition pathways for the materials. February 17, 2026
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and cleanup contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge are “crushing it” at the legacy Alpha-4 building as an innovative approach to squashing old drums is accelerating waste disposal, avoiding $300,000 in costs and eliminating tasks with higher safety risks. February 17, 2026