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EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project surpassed its own record, once again, recently completing its largest weekly shipment to date by transporting 21,092 tons of uranium mill tailings to the Crescent Junction disposal cell.
A new chapter of cleanup is underway at the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a massive endeavor requiring EM to maintain its existing workforce while preparing new skilled workers for the challenges ahead.
EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) and its tank operations contractor are constructing a new facility on the Hanford Site to house about 160 craft personnel under one roof and improve the efficiency of tank farm operations.
EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) will resume using a rail line to ship waste offsite starting this month.
A new vehicle monitoring system on the Hanford Site has increased efficiency and promotes driver safety by equipping hundreds of vehicles with a GPS device.
While it’s often the Hanford Site’s six advanced pump-and-treat facilities that get the glory — they’re on track to treat more than 2 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater for the seventh straight year.
EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently removed a septic system and well associated with a former one-room schoolhouse demolished in 2007.
EM contractor employees at the Savannah River Site (SRS) are preparing for an upcoming campaign to dissolve stainless-steel-clad spent nuclear fuel by installing a new dissolver and an additional double-sized tank for dissolved material storage.
Developing a diverse workforce is vital to achieving Oak Ridge’s ambitious cleanup goals in the years ahead.
EM has reduced the amount of time to qualify a salt waste batch at the Savannah River Site (SRS), enabling a steady stream of the material to the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF).