Six U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) sites are among a group of award winners who collectively cut greenhouse gas emissions last year by more than 565,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, which equates to taking 121,000 average U.S. passenger cars off the road for a year.
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews at the Portsmouth Site relied on detailed planning, collaboration and teamwork to successfully complete characterization activities in the X-333 Process Building, which is slated for demolition early next year.
Local high school students partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's Portsmouth Site and Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service to develop and publish this year’s Student Summary of the Annual Site Environmental Report, commonly referred to as the Student ASER.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) recently awarded $9.8 million, or about 98% of the available fee, to Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, the prime contractor for the Portsmouth Site’s decontamination and decommissioning project in Ohio, for its performance during the evaluation period of the first four months of fiscal year 2024.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) last week welcomed the first cohort of its Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) Success Through Academic Research Scholarship (STARS) Scholars.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is honoring four sites within its Office of Environmental Management (EM) for their significant contributions toward a Biden administration goal of achieving a 100% zero-emissions vehicle fleet by 2035.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Portsmouth Site recently partnered with a labor union to develop a course to enhance the safety and effectiveness of facility inspections across the site.
A controlled demolition of the high-pressure fire water tower at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management Paducah Site last week took mere seconds, but it required months of planning and preparation ahead to ensure the approximately 300-foot water tower was brought down safely to the ground.
Stakeholders from eight cleanup sites recently met for the biannual two-day Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB) National Chairs meeting in Chillicothe, Ohio, where they heard about progress across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) complex from EM leadership.
As the next generation workforce grows, a large part of its success will come from learning institutional knowledge of longtime employees like Tony Hudson, a senior project manager at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's (EM) Paducah Site who recently surpassed 50 years of service.