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The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded the Portsmouth Infrastructure Support Services contract to North Wind Dynamics, LLC (NWD), a small business from Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Work is underway at EM’s Portsmouth Site on the first of five legacy groundwater plumes to be excavated for soil needed in the newly constructed On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF).

Crews are working to finish construction of a dedicated road at EM’s Portsmouth Site that will be used to haul demolition material to the new On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF).

EM sites provided updates on their cleanup progress during individual sessions at Waste Management Symposia 2021.

EM’s Portsmouth Site has launched a new education program aimed at getting local students to start thinking about careers in STEAM.

EM’s Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Project completed several plant modifications at its Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky facilities.

EM recently launched a remodeled version of its popular virtual museum website covering the history of the Portsmouth Site.

Workers for the deactivation and decommissioning prime contractor at the Portsmouth Site recently celebrated 4 million safe work hours without a lost.

EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office is installing the water treatment system for its On-Site Waste Disposal Facility.
Additional air monitoring stations are being installed that will enhance environmental and radiological data collection during demolition.