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EM highlights the contributions of five engineers we’ve interviewed across the cleanup complex for National Engineers Week.
An antiquated earthmover at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Portsmouth Site, affectionately called “Fiat-Allis,” had been awaiting liberation from the woods for decades until its removal recently.
The Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO) achieved significant priorities, goals and milestones in 2024, advancing cleanup and preparing its two sites for future use.
Portsmouth Site personnel ended 2024 by accomplishing a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) priority for the year: completion of deactivation of the 33-acre X-333 Process Building, the second of three massive process buildings at the site to be deactivated to prepare for demolition.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently awarded performance-based fee payments to 14 of its contractors at sites across the DOE complex, including Hanford, Savannah River, Paducah, Portsmouth, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Idaho, Nevada, Los Alamos, and Savannah River National Laboratory.
The Portsmouth Site is well known for encouraging scientific learning and exploring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) opportunities with students of all ages in the community year-round.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO) recently hosted fundraisers and food drives to help stock local food pantries through Feds Feed Families, an annual campaign led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The training department at the Portsmouth Site recently added new, innovative educational tools for heavy equipment operators in a safe environment. Training simulators will challenge them by creating real-time interactive situations in virtual environments.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO) sites recently completed another successful public tour season boosted by an influx of visitors from across the country.
Safety is the highest priority at the Portsmouth Site, and more than 1,000 federal and contractor team members there recently joined the local community to refresh their focus on this core value during the site’s annual Health and Safety Fair.