As the largest environmental cleanup program in the world, EM has been charged with the responsibility of cleaning up 107 sites across the country whose area is equal to the combined area of Rhode Island and Delaware. The map below shows the remaining 15 active EM sites where cleanup work is currently ongoing. Learn more about the 92 completed sites here.
To visit site-specific webpages, please click on the site name in the below table or the location on the map below. Click here to go directly to a listing of the current EM Site 101 Videos.
This is the current site map with EM's remaining 15 sites. Since 1989, DOE has completed its cleanup mission at 92 of the 107 major nuclear weapons and nuclear research sites. To learn more and see a map of the original 107 sites click here.
| Site Name | Type(s) of Cleanup Work Performed |
|---|---|
| EMCBC-New York (formerly DOE SPRU Field Office) | Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning |
| Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) | Facility Deactivation and Decommissioning |
| Hanford Field Office | Tank WasteSpecial Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear FuelTransuranic and Solid Waste DispositionFacility Deactivation and DecommissioningSoil and Groundwater Remediation |
| Idaho | Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear FuelTransuranic and Solid Waste DispositionTank WasteSoil and Groundwater Remediation |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Soil and Groundwater Remediation |
| EM-Los Alamos | Transuranic and Solid Waste DispositionSoil and Groundwater RemediationFacility Deactivation and Decommissioning |
| Moab | Soil and Groundwater Remediation |
| Nevada National Security Sites | Transuranic and Solid Waste DispositionSoil and Groundwater Remediation |
| Oak Ridge | Transuranic and Solid Waste DispositionSpecial Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear FuelFacility Deactivation and Decommissioning |
| Paducah | Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear FuelFacility Deactivation and Decommissioning |
| Portsmouth | Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear FuelFacility Deactivation and Decommissioning |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Soil and Groundwater Remediation |
| Savannah River Site | Transuranic and Solid Waste DispositionTank WasteSpecial Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear FuelFacility Deactivation and DecommissioningSoil and Groundwater Remediation |
| Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) | Transuranic Waste Disposition |
| West Valley Demonstration Project | Facility Deactivation and DecommissioningTransuranic and Solid Waste Disposition |