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Group photo of EM, NABTU, OREM and UCOR leadership
Efforts to retain and recruit skilled construction trade workers took a major step forward with the signing of a project labor agreement between Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management contractor UCOR and North America’s Building Trades Unions.
A group of individuals sitting at a table speaking into microphones during a panel
The senior advisor at EM’s Idaho National Laboratory Site said there are people who don’t want to fill out applications or sign up for events like the panel session they participated in at the 2024 Waste Management Symposia focusing on EM's Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) and advancing a sustainable, diverse science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) pipeline.
A group of panelists sitting at a table on a stage speaking into microphones
A perfect fit for this year’s Waste Management Symposia theme, “Proud of our Past, Poised for the Future,” this panel focused on the past 50 years of environmental remediation and engaged with the audience on challenges and opportunities as cleanup progress continues.
Graphic with a collage of pictures of the Salt Water Processing Facility at SRS
EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) this month marked the first direct transfer of decontaminated waste from the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) to the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF), an important new step in optimizing waste processing.