EM News Archive

Crews at the Hanford Site are reducing risk at the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant (PUREX), one of the site’s five former chemical separations facilities.

The iconic 3039 stack has towered over the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) since the lab’s earliest days, providing ventilation to operations at the site. However, recent inspections revealed portions of the landmark had deteriorated and required repairs.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews safely removed a massive piece of equipment known as the “Green Giant” from a facility being demolished at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).

A partnership with a local economic development organization has provided qualified personnel to support the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management program at the Savannah River Site (SRS) since 2020.

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.

Crews at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently brought the second of two 300-ton melters up to the operating temperature of 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit as part of EM’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program.

Jud Lilly of the EM Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) received the 2023 Federal Project Director of the Year Award at DOE’s Project Management Workshop in Washington, D.C., last week.

In the Villanueva Victory Club, overlooking the New Mexico State University (NMSU) football field, a victory in academics, rather than sports, inspired celebration recently.

Community members gathered at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) on April 6 for a public site tour, the final event of the 2024 Groundwater University series.

While conducting aerial surveys over bald eagle nesting areas on Savannah River Site (SRS), a U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist found a special surprise: an active bald eagle nest along the edge of one of the site’s lakes.