The 222-S Laboratory plays an important role in analyzing radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site — so when crews needed to shut down the facility’s power for a full week to complete infrastructure upgrades, timing and precision were everything.
Four contractors with the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office reached significant safety milestones, collectively achieving nearly 18 million safe work hours.
The workforce responsible for treating and safely disposing of millions of gallons of radioactive waste remaining in underground tanks at Savannah River Site has achieved 20 million safe work hours.
Swapping out an air filter at home is a simple task that most people can complete in minutes. But replacing dozens of massive, high-efficiency filters in a 70-year-old plutonium processing plant? That's a challenge.
Hanford firefighters are training in emergency response with teams at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant as the site gets ready to start treating radioactive waste from large, underground tanks.
A radiation protection training supervisor has generated excitement in employee learning at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Portsmouth Site.
X-330, the last of three former uranium enrichment process buildings set for demolition at the Portsmouth Site, received a new roof to prepare the building for deactivation, a necessary step before its teardown.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has achieved a major milestone by completing commissioning of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System facility.
In the spirit of giving, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Hanford Field Office contractor is putting surplus personal protective equipment to good use on the Hanford Site.
Workers at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant are sporting a new accessory for the first time: radiological dosimeters