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Robertson Sees Expanding Partnerships, Progress During Oak Ridge Visit
Major themes of growing partnerships and continued progress came into focus during a visit to Oak Ridge by U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Senior Advisor Candice Robertson — her first trip to the site since becoming head of the cleanup program in June.
August 6, 2024
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Construction on Test Bed Initiative Advancing Hanford Tank Waste Mission
Hanford Site workers are installing equipment to demonstrate how an alternative treatment technology could safely accelerate cleanup of radioactive tank waste.
August 6, 2024
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Halfway to Finish Line: New Video Marks West Valley Demolition Milestone
A new video released today by the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) captures cleanup progress by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and its contractor as they highlight the halfway point in the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building.
August 6, 2024
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SRS Partnership Leads to Milestone in Mission to Dissolve Spent Nuclear Fuel
A successful U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) collaboration is advancing progress toward processing non-aluminum spent nuclear fuel (NASNF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
August 6, 2024
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Los Alamos Educates on Environmental Sampling at Public Forum
Environmental sampling efforts and how they inform cleanup decisions was the key topic of discussion at a recent Environmental Management Cleanup Forum in Los Alamos.
August 6, 2024
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Paducah Workshop Boosts Small Business, Resilience of DOE Supply Chain
A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) center demonstrated its commitment to empowering small businesses at a recent workshop in collaboration with the DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) and a Paducah Site contractor.
August 6, 2024
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West Valley Lends Helping Hands Towards Affordable Homeownership
Volunteers from the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently worked with Habitat for Humanity Buffalo to build a new house in downtown Buffalo, New York.
August 6, 2024
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Oak Ridge Honors Small Businesses for Bolstering Cleanup Mission
Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor UCOR recently recognized six small businesses for their critical support to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) cleanup mission.
August 6, 2024
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Savannah River Site Expects Increased Production Gains Using Added Contactors
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has received a shipment of replacement centrifugal contactors for the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at Savannah River Site (SRS), which should increase production at the facility by reducing the amount of downtime for maintenance.
August 6, 2024
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Community, Workforce Engagement Main Focus for Top EM Official
In her first visit to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) cleanup site since being named head of the cleanup program in June, Senior Advisor Candice Robertson recently traveled to Los Alamos to meet with local community leaders and the EM workforce to get a firsthand look at sustained progress underway.
July 30, 2024
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Caucus Hones in on Digital Tools to Advance Cleanup, Support Worker Safety
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) leaders participated in a U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus event last week focused on how best to manage, deploy and use digital tools in the EM program to accelerate cleanup and strengthen worker safety.
July 30, 2024
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Team Replaces Major Equipment at One-of-a-kind Facility at Savannah River Site
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management team members at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently replaced equipment essential to operations in the H Canyon chemical separations facility following more than six months of research, troubleshooting and coordination.
July 30, 2024
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) mission is to address the nation’s Cold War environmental legacy resulting from decades of nuclear weapons production and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. This legacy includes some of the world’s most dangerous radioactive sites with large amounts of radioactive wastes, spent nuclear fuel (SNF), excess plutonium and uranium, thousands of contaminated facilities, and contaminated soil and groundwater.
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Cleanup Sites
EM has been charged with the responsibility of cleaning up 107 sites across the country whose area is equal to the combined area of Rhode Island and Delaware.
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EM Clean Energy Land Reuse
EM supports the DOE initiative to increase energy production by identifying land available for potential development of Carbon Free Energy electricity generation through leases.
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