The massive, unique vehicle used to transport highly radioactive canisters at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has completed an important pit stop to ensure continued, reliable movement of the site’s liquid waste mission.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B), the legacy cleanup contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), are demonstrating a new system to more accurately analyze the contents of radioactive waste drums.
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site continue to make progress using repurposed Cold War-era facilities to treat potentially hazardous metals, rendering them safe for offsite disposal.
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have completed the first phase of construction for the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF).
Marking 10 years since its formation, the DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel Working Group recently toured the Savannah River Site (SRS) and conducted a two-day meeting where its members discussed efforts to focus on going forward.
A recent addition of high-tech concrete equipment and enhanced processes at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site is producing more durable and level flooring during construction, enhancing safety for U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) construction crews.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have completed canister storage modifications in one of two glass waste storage buildings (GWSB), effectively doubling that facility’s waste storage capacity and avoiding construction of a third storage building.
EM’s Portsmouth Site has finished excavating approximately seven acres for its On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF) to prepare for debris from the demolition of X-333, a former uranium enrichment process building measuring more than 50 acres of floor area.
Recent completion of a project at the Hanford Site marked a significant accomplishment, as crews from EM contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) loaded and shipped 15 drums of sodium waste from the site’s former research reactors for offsite treatment.
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR recently completed an extensive piping replacement project to extend the life of the Liquid and Gaseous Waste Operations (LGWO) system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).