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Engineers with the contractor cleaning up the radioactive tank waste at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have developed a 3D-printed tool that can eliminate months from the tank waste sampling timeline. November 25, 2025

Crews have finished constructing 13 storage vaults for the Idaho Cleanup Project’s Integrated Waste Treatment Unit as they continue to make strides toward fulfilling an important commitment to the state of Idaho to convert a radioactive liquid waste into a safer, more stable granular solid. November 25, 2025

As West Valley Demonstration Project workers prepared a miscellany of legacy items for disposal this year, they dug up memories of a patented invention for the safe disposal of radioactive waste created by a group of engineers working on the site’s cleanup in the 1980s. November 25, 2025

Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management filled 52 canisters with nearly 215,000 pounds of glass-waste mixture at the Savannah River Site and removed 11,872 pounds of volatile organic compounds from groundwater at the site. November 25, 2025

A collaborative initiative among training professionals at the Hanford Site is building stronger partnerships and improving the way training is developed and delivered in support of the U.S. Department of Energy’s mission of safe and efficient cleanup. November 25, 2025

Loan Programs Office contact information

CX(s) applied: B4.7. Location(s): Mobile County, Alabama. Office(s): Loan Programs Office.

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has approved Critical Decision-4, signifying the completion of the UPF PSF Subproject at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

2024 Project Management Awards

The fast modular reactor (FMR) design is one of three early-stage concept projects the U.S. Department of Energy supported under its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program.