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On 9/26/23, the Hanford site hosted the first Cleanup to Clean Energy Information Day at an EM site.
Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk and EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White visited the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site last week to thank federal and contractor employees for the successful start and routine operations of a radioactive liquid waste
EM and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site celebrated an important milestone last week: the site’s 7,000th transuranic (TRU) waste shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico.
EM and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently marked many safety and operational milestones.
Workers with EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) are expanding the capacity of the Hanford Site’s already robust groundwater treatment system.
EM transferred more than 180,000 pounds of reusable and recyclable materials recovered during the demolition process for 16 unused, outdated facilities at the Paducah Site over the past year to a local community reuse organization.
In 1989, EM launched an intensive groundwater investigation program to address the effects of historic nuclear testing and activities at the Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS) location some 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR have safely completed demolition of the Low Intensity Test Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), checking off a second EM 2023 priority at the site.
In 2019, North Augusta High School student Kathryn McGee volunteered for an EM contractor’s outreach program that introduces female students to careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). She’s now a newly hired Savannah River Site (SRS)
Deputy Secretary Turk speaks at the 2023 National Cleanup Workshop about the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative.