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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.
![A large factory building with large, white ductwork coming out of it and beside it](/sites/default/files/styles/embed_image_large_480px_width_/public/2024-06/WIPP_SSCVS_Ductwork_2024_06_18.jpg?itok=cTOTxi-v)
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has achieved a significant milestone by completing construction of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) facility — a new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
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The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor Isotek achieved a 2024 priority for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) while also crossing another major milestone in the highest priority cleanup project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
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For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Office of River Protection has collaborated with national and international laboratories, universities and glass industry experts to plan and prepare for 24/7 operations at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site.