EM Richland Operations Office prime contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) has awarded a subcontract to continue critical risk-reduction work along the Columbia River at the Hanford Site.
EM is testing a commercial inspection drone to map piping and other obstructions as it prepares to position equipment to retrieve granulated high-level radioactive waste called calcine.
EM is on track for success in meeting most of its priority goals for 2022, including a handful that already have been completed.
Kentucky’s governor recently awarded two prime contractors for EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) the state’s top safety and health award.
The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) recently installed a hydraulic shear system, a major step toward remediating transuranic (TRU) waste contained in large, corrugated metal pipes buried underground at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) since 1986.
More than 100 people attended a May 17 public meeting on the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management’s (OREM) proposed onsite disposal facility.
EM’s vitrification plant at Savannah River Site (SRS) is undergoing a significant process improvement.
EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) are working to close a former storage area for hazardous mixed waste, thereby reducing the site’s Cold War footprint and helping protect the environment.
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The final Transuranic Package Transporter Model 3 (TRUPACT-III) container of legacy transuranic (TRU) waste from Savannah River Site (SRS) arrived at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for permanent disposal on the afternoon of April 14.