The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management will demolish two buildings and address potentially contaminated soil in the project footprint in the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory’s C-Area, where legacy facilities were used to support design and development of nuclear propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy. December 9, 2025
Cleanup crews continued shrinking the legacy footprint on the 300-square-mile Savannah River Site when they recently removed a water tower that had become a safety hazard after it was taken out of service years ago. December 9, 2025
Insight and a questioning attitude from a project manager has led the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management to accelerate one of the largest demolitions on the horizon at the Y-12 National Security Complex and help avoid millions of dollars in costs to taxpayers. November 25, 2025
With crews in the early stages of demolishing X-333, the second of the Portsmouth Site’s three former uranium process buildings, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management leaders at the site are emphasizing the number one priority: safety of the workforce and community. November 25, 2025
Workers have begun demolishing the massive X-333 Process Building, achieving a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management priority to begin demolition of the second of the Portsmouth Site’s three former uranium process buildings. November 18 , 2025
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management crews demolished seven structures that make up the Q-Complex at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory and returned the restored site to the Office of Naval Reactors for redevelopment. November 18, 2025
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management made strides moving environmental cleanup and reindustrialization forward across Oak Ridge with the help of contractors United Cleanup Oak Ridge and Isotek in the fiscal year that recently ended. November 18, 2025
Crews have removed a large office building at the Hanford Site that supported the former Fast Flux Test Facility, a nuclear research and test reactor. November 18, 2025
Sept. 30, 2025 The Environmental Management Nevada Program has achieved a significant milestone with the successful demolition of a historic industrial structure at the Nevada National Security Site.
Workers at the Hanford Site have removed a facility once used to prepare spent nuclear fuel for storage, marking continued progress in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s risk-reduction work near the Columbia River. September 23, 2025