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News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The construction workforce for EM Savannah River Site liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation (SRR) has logged more than 23 years, or 34 million hours, of work without a missed day due to injury, an achievement dating back to operations performed under SRR’s heritage company, Washington Savannah River Company.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford Site ’s critical Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) is nearly ready to once again treat wastewater generated by numerous remediation activities.


Hanford Completes Critical Loss of Offsite Power Test for Waste Treatment Plant

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant has successfully completed a loss-of-offsite-power commissioning test, a critical step toward the heatup of melters and vitrification, or immobilization within glass, of Hanford ’s radioactive and chemical tank waste for disposal.


News Release: On Nov. 13, college and university students from across the United States will attempt to thwart a simulated cyberattack in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CyberForce Competition®. The event, led by DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory and DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), will convene virtually in 2021.


STEM is Key to Attracting New Employees to Cleanup Program

News Release: Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) not only are critical to EM achieving its cleanup mission effectively, but they’re also the keys to the future EM workforce, according to Kristen Ellis, EM’s senior advisor for STEM and talent acquisition.


Department of Energy Announces $500,000 for Winners of the Water Resource Recovery Prize

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced two grand prize winners of the Water Resource Recovery Prize. In this two-phased competition, DOE sought novel, systems-based solutions and technologies that improve efficiency and lower the cost of water treatment, while recovering valuable resources from municipal wastewater.


Nelson-Jean Highlights Recent EM Achievements at Conference

News Release: Significant achievements at EM cleanup sites such as the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC ), Hanford, Oak Ridge, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL ) highlight EM’s mission progress in recent months, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Nicole Nelson-Jean told an industry conference last week.


Cleanup Contractor Earns 85 Percent of Final Fee at Hanford Site

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) awarded former cleanup contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) approximately $13.9 million, or about 85 percent of the available fee for work performed at the Hanford Site in the final eight months of MSA’s contract with DOE.


Fiscal 2021 Saltstone Production Surpasses Past Five Years Combined

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM ’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) immobilized more decontaminated salt solution (DSS) in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 than in the previous five years combined.


Department of Energy Announces Intent to Fund Projects for Geologic Carbon Storage

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced its intent to fund cost-shared research and development to accelerate the wide-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR)-critical...


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


EM Officials Detail Progress in Tank Waste Efforts

News Release: EM officials speaking at the 2021 RadWaste Summit last week detailed progress at the Savannah River, Idaho, and Hanford sites in the treatment of tank waste, the most significant challenge facing the environmental cleanup program.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Oak Ridge Achieves EM Priorities for 2021

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) completed the ambitious goals laid out for the site in EM’s 2021 priorities.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


You’re Invited: Live from COP 26, Join DOE for Two Events Focused on Combating Climate Change

News Release: Tomorrow, live from COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, join the U.S. Department of Energy’s Deputy Secretary David Turk for two events focused on combating climate change: Building a Better Battery and H2 Twin Cities - Connecting communities around the world to deploy clean hydrogen solutions. Acting Assistant...