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A large pumping system with lots of metal tubes and wires throughout, sitting inside a facility building
For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Office of River Protection has collaborated with national and international laboratories, universities and glass industry experts to plan and prepare for 24/7 operations at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site.
A group of young professionals pose for a group picture in front of the DOE seal in the DOE Headquarters building
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management last week welcomed the first cohort of its Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program Success Through Academic Research Scholarship Scholars.
Slideshow of old photos from the Hanford T plant facility building
Photography of one of the most historic buildings at the Hanford Site is on its way to the Library of Congress as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s participation in the nationwide Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) process.
A group of people stand outside a brick building and pose for a group picture
As part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) bilateral agreement and ongoing collaboration with Canada's Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), EM headquarters facilitated an AECL delegation visit
A large crane demolishes a blue, white, and grey building
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project have safely removed sections of contaminated ventilation duct as part of ongoing demolition of the Main Plant Process Building.
Two headshots side by side one of a man and one of a woman
Following President Joe Biden's nomination of William “Ike” White to serve on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Candice Robertson to lead the Office of Environmental Management (EM) as it continues to advance its critical cleanup mission.
A rotation of pictures of a tall water tower being demolished
A controlled demolition of the high-pressure fire water tower at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management Paducah Site last week took mere seconds, but it required months of planning and preparation ahead to ensure the approximately 300-foot water tower was brought down safely to the ground.
A large metal and concrete tank with two workers on ladders on either side of it
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company has begun assembling a cask storage system that will support moving almost 2,000 radioactive capsules out of a water-filled basin into safer dry storage, a significant step in risk reduction at the Hanford Site.