The U.S. Department of Energy recently bestowed Office of Environmental Management employees and teams with seven Secretary’s Honor Awards, recognizing their exceptional leadership, innovation and commitment to restoring and revitalizing sites as DOE cleans the legacy of the past to power America’s future.
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.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site reached a significant milestone in the X-333 Process Building demolition when crews safely took down the 66,000-square-foot southwest corner of the 33-acre facility.
Pens, paper and clipboards are becoming things of the past at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Site as employees use barcode scanning technology to swiftly inventory thousands of pieces of equipment in a 2.1-million-square-foot legacy facility being prepared for demolition, leading to more efficient cleanup.
What happens when information technology professionals from different organizations are placed on the same team with a shared goal?
This special-edition episode of Energycast chronicles a landmark partnership in which companies are investing $100 billion to redevelop portions of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Site into a data center campus accompanied by new energy infrastructure. August 25, 2026
Local math, science and technical skills teachers recently visited the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Site to get a firsthand look at work opportunities and develop lesson plans to prepare students for future nuclear energy and other STEM careers. August 18, 2026