During a visit to Hanford last week, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm highlighted DOE’s commitment to addressing the environmental legacy near communities such as the Tri-Cities, Washington, that supported national defense programs for many decades.
More than 100 educators, students and DOE employees gathered over two days last week for the inaugural EM Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (EM MSIPP) Competitive Research Awards Workshop.
EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently overcame unique challenges and successfully finished deactivating a highly contaminated cell resembling an elevator shaft in the Main Plant Process Building.
When preparing to use heavy equipment to decontaminate and demolish (D&D) Cold War-era buildings and structures, EM's cleanup contractor at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site believes practice makes perfect.
EM Office of River Protection tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) is preparing to begin retrieving chemical and radiological waste from another massive underground storage tank at the Hanford Site.
An association recently named the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) as a recipient of the 2022 Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Outreach Award.
Brian Vance, manager of the EM Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office, connected with leaders of communities near the Hanford Site at a recent Energy Communities Alliance forum on hosting new nuclear development.
DOE EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White welcomed the community to the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas during a ceremony Aug. 2 to celebrate the opening of its newest permanent exhibit.
Blast. Dig. Hoist. Dump. Blast. Dig. Hoist. Dump.
Staff at the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) are preparing to install 18 temporary heaters to start up the first of the facility’s two 300-ton glass melters.