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Staff completed the first commissioning test for one of 37 remote-operated cranes inside the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility at the EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, bringing the plant one step closer to treating nuclear tank waste.

Through the world of virtual reality, students can fly with atoms on an electron beam, racing to the point where they witness the molecules' controlled destruction and analysis of the scattering particles.
EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently resumed final cleanup activities within the former Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) footprint at the Hanford Site following the historic demolition of PFP’s.

Workers at EM’s Paducah Site recently relocated personnel and operations from 129,800 square feet of space in the C-720 Maintenance and Storage Building to prepare for future deactivation of the large structure.

EM’s cleanup at the Y-12 National Security Complex continues to expand as workers ready one of the site’s largest high-risk contaminated facilities for demolition.

Officials with EM, cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley, and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority recently presented donations to three organizations that provide emergency services to the West Valley Demonstration Project

EM crews recently placed a final radioactive waste shipment into the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s largest waste disposal area and will begin closing the facility, fulfilling a DOE commitment to the state of Idaho.

EM’s Office of River Protection and its tank operations contractor Washington River Protections Solutions are an important step closer to treating tank waste at the Hanford Site after the recent installation of two critical pumps.

An EM project team recently completed upgrades to a waste tank at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to ready it for dissolving waste for treatment through Tank Closure Cesium Removal (TCCR).

EM crews are preparing to deactivate the former Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor (EGCR) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) before removing the contaminated facility and opening the DOE land for reuse.