Leadership from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management recently visited the Portsmouth Site to observe firsthand the accelerating pace of cleanup work actively clearing the path for future reuse and energy development.
Emergency preparedness teams recently participated in an annual graded exercise at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Site but staying ready is something they practice all year long.
Operators at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site are uniquely prepared to take on the formidable demands of the legacy X-333 Process Building demolition — including new cutting-edge machines with powerful shear attachments that few in the world have handled.
In the latest major cleanup achievement for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site, crews converted depleted uranium hexafluoride from 4,500 legacy cylinders into safer, more stable chemical forms, representing more than 20% of the site’s cylinder inventory and marking progress toward reducing material left from decades of uranium enrichment.
A delegation with record participation by more than 90 local leaders, elected officials and community stakeholders from Paducah, Kentucky, gathered at the U.S. Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C., during the annual Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce D.C. Fly-In to meet with DOE Office of Environmental Management leadership.
Building on the successful removal of 497 converters from the C-333 Process Building earlier this year, workers effectively segmented the first fissile converter from the second of four former uranium enrichment facilities undergoing deactivation at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Site.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management University Programs are building a workforce pipeline to help complete the legacy nuclear cleanup mission.
Cleanup teams recently created a new database to keep equipment organized, save money and stick to the schedule of safely and efficiently demolishing a 33-acre legacy uranium enrichment building at the Portsmouth Site.
Leaders from the nation’s gaseous diffusion plant complex participated in the “Enriching Communities – A Renewed Purpose for America’s GDP Complex” panel at the National Cleanup Workshop.