WASHINGTON, D.C. - Support materials are now available from the 2017 National Cleanup Workshop. The materials include links to videos of the workshop session, speaker presentations and an attendee list.
More than 650 people attended this year’s National Cleanup Workshop, held Sept. 14-15 in Alexandria, Va. Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette provided the keynote address. The workshop was hosted by the Energy Communities Alliance, with DOE and the Energy Facility Contractors Group serving as the event’s cooperating organizations.
The National Cleanup Workshop brought together senior DOE executives and site officials, industry executives, and other stakeholders to discuss EM's progress in the cleanup of the environmental legacy of the nation’s Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear weapons program. Topics discussed at this year’s workshop included EM’s efforts to be more timely in decision-making; successful cleanup projects at the Hanford, Los Alamos and Portsmouth sites; high-level waste cleanup at Hanford and Savannah River sites; infrastructure challenges and excess facilities; and future uses for EM sites.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
