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![Two headshots side by side one of a man and one of a woman](/sites/default/files/styles/embed_image_large_480px_width_/public/2024-06/White_Robertson_Headshots_2024_06_04.jpg?itok=Yo-yOSxL)
Following President Joe Biden's nomination of William “Ike” White to serve on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Candice Robertson to lead the Office of Environmental Management (EM) as it continues to advance its critical cleanup mission.
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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.
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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company has begun assembling a cask storage system that will support moving almost 2,000 radioactive capsules out of a water-filled basin into safer dry storage, a significant step in risk reduction at the Hanford Site.