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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.

Representatives from Murray State University recently toured the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Paducah Site as the two entities launch a collaboration supported by a $1.5 million grant the cleanup program awarded to the institution.

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.

For the first time in 70 years, crews at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Paducah Site recently opened storage tanks used in the uranium enrichment process.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) leaders participated in a U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus event titled, “EM's Trade Workforce: Getting the Job Done,” on Sept. 18.

A National Cleanup Workshop panel focused on the next phase of successes in the U.S. Department of Energy cleanup program shared exciting updates.

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.

More than 70 community leaders from Paducah, Kentucky, met with leadership with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) to discuss federal priorities and continued collaboration on future cleanup and land transfer during the annual Paducah Chamber of Commerce Fly-In last week.

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.