EM’s Office of River Protection and contractor Washington River Protection Solutions recently hosted a high-profile advocate for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.
A new utility shaft at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently surpassed the 1,900-foot level continuing toward the underground waste repository depth of 2,150 feet.
Employees at the H Canyon Chemical Separations Facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently completed the inactivation of equipment related to a process system used in previous missions.
Students from Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, recently toured EM’s Savannah River Site (SRS) to learn about the array of occupations and operations across the 310-square-mile environmental reservation.
The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit has progressed to treating sodium-bearing waste entirely, the next step in efficiently removing remaining liquid radioactive waste from nearby Cold War-era underground tanks and closing them to protect the environment.
EM released its Strategic Vision 2023-2033, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.
Members of EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) mine rescue teams recently put their lifesaving skills into action, possibly saving a young woman’s life as they were returning from a mine rescue competition in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Since the launch of operations just over a month ago, the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) has increased sodium-bearing waste treatment fivefold, a crucial step in removing remaining liquid waste from nearby underground tanks.
EM has successfully commenced a major disposal effort for a key uranium-enrichment byproduct with the recent arrival of 60 uranium-oxide storage cylinders by rail at a licensed facility in west Texas.
A recently delivered Security Inspectors Operation Area, seen here being moved into the main production area in K Area, will allow remote inspections of employees working on the surplus plutonium disposition mission at the Savannah River Site.