January 23, 2024
U.S. Agencies Recognize Portsmouth Team for Climate Science Contributions
National weather agencies recently recognized workers at EM's Portsmouth Site for their contributions to climate science.
January 16, 2024
Portsmouth Environmental Samplers Create Safer Work Conditions
Environmental science technicians have upgraded their equipment and taken other steps to make jobs safer at EM’s Portsmouth Site, helping eliminate slip, trip and fall hazards at multiple difficult-to-reach locations.
January 9, 2024
Paducah Photographer Shares Unique Perspective on Nuclear Cleanup
The axiom that a picture is worth a thousand words is especially true when communicating the complex work at DOE cleanup sites, according to Dylan Nichols, photographer for EM’s Paducah Site.
January 9, 2024
Paducah Crews Downsizing Hundreds of Converters to Prepare for Demolition
How do you prepare to demolish a 1-million-square-foot facility? One piece at a time.
December 19, 2023
Paducah Students ‘Break Through’ in Science Bowl T-Shirt Contest
The winners of this year’s DOE West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl T-shirt Design Contest celebrated “Making Breakthroughs” with their design.
December 19, 2023
EM Awards Fees for Contractors’ Performance Across DOE Complex
EM recently awarded performance-based fees payments to 14 of its contractors at sites across the DOE complex, including Hanford, Savannah River, Oak Ridge, Paducah, Portsmouth, Nevada, Idaho, Los Alamos, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and Savannah River National Laboratory.
December 19, 2023
Portsmouth, Paducah Communities Collaborate on Vision for Reuse of Sites
Envisioning a future for EM sites can be challenging for communities given the longevity of cleanup activities. However, when two sites have an almost identical footprint — in this case Portsmouth in Ohio and Paducah in Kentucky — the opportunity to see potential becomes clearer.
December 19, 2023
Paducah Removes 1 Million Pounds of Hazardous Refrigerant in 2023
The Paducah Site recently met an EM 2023 priority ahead of schedule with the safe and successful disposal of over 1 million pounds of R-114 refrigerant, an environmental hazard stored at the site.
December 5, 2023
Pipe Crawling Robot Helps Paducah Prepare for Demolition
Identifying which sections of piping to be removed from the C-333 Process Building at EM’s Paducah Site can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
December 5, 2023
Portsmouth Conducts First Live-Fire Training at New Facility
Firefighters at EM’s Portsmouth Site recently conducted the first live-fire training in a newly constructed training facility.