U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management
Recent News About U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management
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French: 'It is so exciting to be back this year with a full public tour schedule' at Hanford Site
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is once more opening the Hanford Site's B Reactor National Historic Landmark in Washington.
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Biery: 'The new entry control facility will be much more efficient' at Savannah River Site
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management program at the Savannah River Site announced the acquisition of a new security expansion.
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Redfield: 'Integration between the various organizations within our team' helps with new compacting equipment at Paducah
Workers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management Paducah site have successfully demonstrated the safe use of new equipment to compact components, as part of the upcoming deactivation work for a large uranium-enrichment process building.
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Bollinger: 'The safety of our shipments and operations at WIPP is our top priority'
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, N.M., operated by the U.S. Office of Environmental Management, achieved a milestone of having its drivers travel more than 16 million miles without any serious accidents or injuries.
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Pintek: 'There's tremendous hope for significant cancers'
Oak Ridge Environmental Management joins a partnership for cancer treatment research from nuclear material.
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Petrie: 'We’ve made great strides in reducing risks and restoring the environment' at former uranium-enrichment site
Now that more than 500 aging and contaminated structures have been removed at the East Tennessee Technology Park, focus is turning to soil and groundwater remediation, according to the Department of Energy.
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Noe: 'We’re thrilled to be able to hold the new member orientation tour again' at Oak Ridge
An advisory board for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee participated in a return to an in-person orientation and tour of clean up of the site, the first since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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White: EM crews 'reach this crucially important milestone' of converting radioactive waste
The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at Idaho National Laboratory recently started operations to convert radioactive sodium-bearing liquid waste from underground tanks to a more stable, granular solid.
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Hanford Site Power and Utility Infrastructure Repaired After Windstorm
Hanford Site Power and Utility Infrastructure Repaired After Windstorm
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Holmes: 'Our emergency preparedness team has done an excellent job'
The Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant conducted an emergency drill for their ammonia leak response.
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Felosi: 'Our progress is helping eliminate hazards' in Oak Ridge area
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management has begun demolishing a low-intensity test reactor in the Oak Ridge area.
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Stoddard: Hanford 'trainers develop innovative educational methods'
Hanford Mission Integration Solutions announced updates to the respiratory protection course at Hanford's Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center.
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Wiborg: Demolition of contaminated Hanford Site buildings will reduce ‘long term surveillance and maintenance costs’
The Central Plateau Cleanup Company, a contractor with the Environmental Management Richland Operations Office, recently carried out the demolition of two contaminated buildings at the Hanford Site.
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Savannah River Site in South Carolina prepares to recycle, down blend fuel for advanced nuclear reactors as demand 'far exceeds' supply
The H Canyon chemical separations facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina is preparing to recycle its used, highly enriched uranium (HEU) and down blend it to provide fuel for advanced nuclear reactors in the United States.
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Little: 'This lab and its people that work here enrich the lives and livelihood across the state'
The U.S. Department of Energy recognized the efforts of the workers at the Idaho National Laboratory site after finishing a nuclear fuel wet-to-dry project ahead of schedule.
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Folk: DOE goal 'is to reduce risk to the environment by removing waste and closing tanks'
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management office at the Savannah River Site finalized a high-level waste tank milestones agreement with state and federal regulators.
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Arnold: 'Preparation for this first transfer will set us up for future success'
The Emergency Management Savannah River Site successfully transferred the initial discard of uranium solution as part of its new Accelerated Basin De-Inventory mission.
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Aylor: 'This was a first-of-a-kind operation' in using a barge for an environmental cleanup
Cleanup crews from UCOR, a contractor for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, used a barge on Poplar Creek to access a sediment cleanup site at the East Tennessee Technology Park.
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Noyes: 'This is the first time we are treating tank waste on an industrial scale at Hanford'
The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Office of River Protection and Washington River Protection Solutions are resuming processing tank waste at the Hanford Site using the Tank-Side Cesium Removal System.
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Budney: 'We’re moving towards a zero-emissions future' at Savannah River Site
A contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is set to upgrade nearly 1,000 vehicles at the Savannah River Site (SRS) by replacing their need for gasoline with electricity