The Office of Environmental Management leveraged the results of years of successful work in 2021 to launch a new era for the U.S. Department of Energy’s cleanup mission, all while continuing to manage the challenging conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has signed an agreement with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) that lays the groundwork to transfer more than 3,500 acres of scenic land to the state.
A collaboration between EM and the United Kingdom is helping operations continue at a key wastewater treatment facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), ensuring important research and environmental cleanup missions are not disrupted.
Leaders from key EM sites speaking at the 2021 National Cleanup Workshop detailed achievements over the past several months, highlighting a new phase of progress in the cleanup program.
EM is moving forward with full-scale deactivation of an unused, deteriorating facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge after workers successfully isolated potentially hazardous energy sources inside the building.
DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR are expanding partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR recognized six small businesses at a recent ceremony for exceptional support to EM’s cleanup mission at the site.
Oak Ridge contractor Isotek, which leads a high-priority project to process and dispose of the inventory of uranium-233 stored at the site, recently contributed $2,600 to Robertsville Middle School.
DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) completed the ambitious goals laid out for the site in EM’s 2021 priorities.
Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor UCOR recently transitioned to a new waste tracking system that improves how shipments are tracked from work sites to disposal locations.