DOE Newswire Report News
Savannah River Site Safety Expo Reinforces Safety Culture
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
The Savannah River Site (SRS) recently hosted its annual safety expo, featuring nearly 60 informational booths designed to educate and engage employees on a variety of topics that underpin the site’s safety culture, legacy and performance.
Oak Ridge Contractor’s Grants Benefit 29 Regional Schools This Year
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Oak Ridge’s cleanup contractor is awarding $40,000 in grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) projects that benefit 29 schools across a nine-county region.
Idaho Facility Now Processing 100% Radioactive Liquid Waste
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) has progressed to treating sodium-bearing waste entirely, the next step in efficiently removing remaining liquid radioactive waste from nearby Cold War-era underground tanks and closing them to protect the environment.
Newly Updated Strategic Vision Sets Course for EM Cleanup Over Next Decade
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
EM today released its Strategic Vision 2023-2033, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.
EM Leaders Attend State and Tribal Group Conference, Tour Nevada Cleanup
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Two EM senior leaders visited southern Nevada recently to learn about the latest work of the EM Nevada Program and other organizations at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).
Oak Ridge Groundbreaking: Viewing Platform Brings Historic K-25 Into Perspective
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Officials celebrated progress on a facility here last week that will give the public a new perspective of what was once the world’s largest building as they broke ground for the K-25 Viewing Platform at the East Tennessee Technology Park.
WIPP Mine Rescue Team Uses Lifesaving Skills in Highway Accident
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Members of EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) mine rescue teams recently put their lifesaving skills into action, possibly saving a young woman’s life as they were returning from a mine rescue competition in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Idaho Waste Treatment Facility Increases Production Fivefold
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Since the launch of operations just over a month ago, the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) has increased sodium-bearing waste treatment fivefold, a crucial step in removing remaining liquid waste from nearby underground tanks at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site and protecting the underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer.
Hanford Collaborations: Creating Connections With the Next Generation
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Highlighting pathways to careers on the Hanford Site, DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) established creative collaborations with local colleges and universities that allow interns the opportunity to advance into careers at Hanford.
Savannah River Site-Sponsored Robotics Team Makes Inroads at International Competition
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
A DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM ) contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) once again sponsored a team from Aiken High School to join an international robotics championship competition.
Hanford Uses 3D Scanning to Enhance Worker Safety for Demolitions
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
A team of designers with EM Richland Operations Office contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is using 3D laser scanning technology to gather data to help workers prepare some of the facilities on the Hanford Site for demolition.
DOE Releases Final Request for Proposals for Small Business Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning, and Removal Procurement
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management released the Final Request for Proposals for Small Business Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal (DD&R) to perform DD&R of Facilities, Waste Management services, and Program Support services.
EM Kicks Off New Acquisition Career Development Program
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
EM is strengthening its procurement capabilities to ensure the cleanup program has talented, capable acquisition professionals now and in the future with the launch of the EM Career Acquisition Program (ECAP).
Portsmouth, Paducah Kick Off Major Uranium Oxide Disposal Effort
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
EM has successfully commenced a major disposal effort for a key uranium-enrichment byproduct with the recent arrival of 60 uranium-oxide storage cylinders by rail at a licensed facility in west Texas.
Oak Ridge Makes Former Reactor Safer as It Awaits Demolition
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
EM crews are slated to take down hundreds of old, contaminated buildings at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Y-12 National Security Complex.
Hanford Contractors Celebrate Earth Day Cleaning Up Local Park
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Protecting the environment is key for EM’s Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office, and that’s why dozens of Hanford Site employees joined forces to celebrate the importance of Earth Day by cleaning up one of the most popular local parks.
In Unique Fire Ecology Course, Students Practice Prescribed Burn at Savannah River Site
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Sixteen students from the University of Georgia have completed a popular spring semester course on fire ecology that included a prescribed burn of 375 acres of land at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
Sounding the Alarm at Hanford: It’s Only a Test
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
Sound testing kicked off recently at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant as team members measured ambient sound levels throughout the plant’s facilities.
West Valley Supports Local Environmental Competition for Students
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
With support from EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP), students from local high schools recently joined a competition based on environmental topics, with this year’s special focus on adapting to climate change.
STEP Class Brings Science to Life at Savannah River Site
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 2, 2023
More than 50 fifth and sixth grade students from a school in Augusta, Georgia, recently experienced a unique hands-on environmental class in the forests of the Savannah River Site (SRS) to inspire early interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers at the site.