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Last week, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management leaders traveled to Japan to attend the two-day 8th International Forum on the Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station to engage with nuclear cleanup experts from Japan, the U.S., U.K. and other countries.
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As part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) bilateral agreement and ongoing collaboration with Canada's Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), EM headquarters facilitated an AECL delegation visit
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Officials with EM and Canada’s Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) signed a bilateral agreement at the 2023 National Cleanup Workshop that opens doors to further collaboration and information sharing on nuclear management. Pictured from left are EM Sen
EM Senior Advisor Ike White provides remarks to the audience during day two of the forum.
Senior Advisor William “Ike” White and others with an EM delegation traveled to Japan to attend the 7th International Forum on the Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) this week to engage with experts from Japan and other c
Pictured from left at the K-25 History Center are Jimmy Hughes, UCOR; Lanre Akande, intern with the EM Office of Regulatory and Policy Affairs; Joanna Hardin, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management; Alan Cumming, United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA); Kent Fortenberry, UCOR; Gareth Taylor, NDA; Nancy Buschman, EM Office of Regulatory and Policy Affairs; and Nathalie Schmidt, UCOR. The visitors from the NDA learned about Oak Ridge’s history, including the completion of EM’s major cle
Leadership from the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) came together recently to exchange best practices for decommissioning facilities and a host of other cleanup topics.