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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.

Crews at the Portsmouth Site recently completed construction of a storage tank designed to hold 1 million gallons of wastewater and leachate from the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility.

Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Manager Joel Bradburne speaks to members of the PPPO workforce gathered at the Paducah Site for the “Success Powered by Safety” celebration.

Union safety representatives at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Portsmouth Site have been busy expanding their knowledge to better serve all workers.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s plants that convert depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) to more stable compounds recently returned to full operations at both the Portsmouth and Paducah sites’ first-of-a-kind facilities.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office recently installed Pike County’s first publicly available electric vehicle charging stations using DOE grant funding received as part of the Green Fleet Award.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and an association that helps worksites advance safety and health goals recently presented 21 awards to contractors across the cleanup complex — from Washington and New Mexico to New York and South Carolina — for achievements in safety, health, innovation and outreach.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Portsmouth Site’s nearly 50 summer interns have a lot to share with their families about what they learned this year, but Drea Tannehill and Britton Kritzwiser can skip the history. That’s because they both are the third generation in their families to work at the site.