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Hanford Plant Brings Second Melter Online
Crews at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently brought the second of two 300-ton melters up to the operating temperature of 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit as part of EM’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program.
April 9, 2024
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DOE Names Portsmouth’s Jud Lilly 2023 Federal Project Director of the Year
Jud Lilly of the EM Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) received the 2023 Federal Project Director of the Year Award at DOE’s Project Management Workshop in Washington, D.C., last week.
April 9, 2024
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EM, New Mexico State University Celebrate Grants to Minority Serving Institutions
In the Villanueva Victory Club, overlooking the New Mexico State University (NMSU) football field, a victory in academics, rather than sports, inspired celebration recently.
April 9, 2024
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‘Groundwater U’ Prepares Community to Weigh in on ETEC Cleanup
Community members gathered at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) on April 6 for a public site tour, the final event of the 2024 Groundwater University series.
April 9, 2024
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Tumbleweed Takeover at Nevada National Security Site
One of the unique challenges the EM Nevada Program faces was on display at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) in early March when strong winds caused a “tumbleweed takeover” on the site.
April 9, 2024
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Wildlife Biologist Discovers Second Bald Eagle Nest on Savannah River Site
While conducting aerial surveys over bald eagle nesting areas on Savannah River Site (SRS), a U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist found a special surprise: an active bald eagle nest along the edge of one of the site’s lakes.
April 9, 2024
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Oak Ridge Employee Shares Her EM Journey at Career Day
More than 1,000 students gathered last week for a local school system’s annual career day, joining the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and nearly 60 other companies and organizations from across the region.
April 9, 2024
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Savannah River Ecology Lab Inspires Next Generation of STEM Researchers
The University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) recently participated in a county-wide job shadow day, giving high school juniors and seniors a glimpse into available science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) roles on Savannah River Site once they graduate.
April 9, 2024
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WIPP Celebrates 25th Anniversary of First Waste Receipt
EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) reached a major milestone last week — 25 years of operations at the nation’s only deep, underground geological repository for disposal of defense-generated transuranic (TRU) nuclear waste.
April 2, 2024
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Portsmouth Excavates Seven-Acre Portion for Waste Disposal Facility
EM’s Portsmouth Site has finished excavating approximately seven acres for its On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF) to prepare for debris from the demolition of X-333, a former uranium enrichment process building measuring more than 50 acres of floor area.
April 2, 2024
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Hanford Completes Offsite Shipment of Sodium Waste
Recent completion of a project at the Hanford Site marked a significant accomplishment, as crews from EM contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) loaded and shipped 15 drums of sodium waste from the site’s former research reactors for offsite treatment.
April 2, 2024
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Savannah River Site Team’s Creative Solution Furthers Tank Waste Retrieval
Innovation fueled the creation of a new tool at EM's Savannah River Site (SRS) that helps ensure equipment being lowered into an underground liquid waste tank does not encounter any interferences.
April 2, 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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