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In her first visit to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) cleanup site since being named head of the cleanup program in June, Senior Advisor Candice Robertson recently traveled to Los Alamos to meet with local community leaders and the EM workforce to get a firsthand look at sustained progress underway.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) leaders participated in a U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus event last week focused on how best to manage, deploy and use digital tools in the EM program to accelerate cleanup and strengthen worker safety.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management team members at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently replaced equipment essential to operations in the H Canyon chemical separations facility following more than six months of research, troubleshooting and coordination.

Coinciding with National Intern Day on July 25, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) interns met with U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee at his office, where he dedicated nearly an hour to speak to the interns and answer questions.

Hanford Site workers just finished draining the last large basin that used to hold uranium fuel rods from nuclear reactors. Crews pumped out nearly 1 million gallons of contaminated water from the K West Reactor basin.

Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management contractor Isotek recently took a different approach to machinery installation and repairs, saving time and money on the highest priority cleanup project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Greg Sosson, associate principal deputy assistant secretary for field operations of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM), recently visited the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) to observe nuclear cleanup efforts and meet with federal and contractor employees.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) contractor Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) is helping prevent wildland fires at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.

Workers are upgrading and strengthening the framework of the Hanford Site’s local area network to continue supporting the cleanup mission for years to come.

A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently added seven new small businesses to DOE’s Mentor-Protégé Program.