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Oak Ridge Sets Sights on New Development After Achieving Vision 2024
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge last week celebrated achieving Vision 2024, the culmination of 20 years of cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
August 27, 2024
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Idaho Crews Improve Safeguards for Spent Nuclear Fuel in Storage
The cleanup contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management at the Idaho National Laboratory Site recently met its fiscal year 2024 milestone of transferring 10 spent nuclear fuel baskets from first-generation vaults to second-generation storage vaults ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.
August 27, 2024
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Migratory Birds Benefit From Protection at Hanford
Hanford Site wildlife biologists take great care in protecting migratory birds. The environmental team with U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions conducts bird nest surveys prior to any work activities on the ground.
August 27, 2024
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EM MSIPP Achievement Workshop Attracts 245 Participants as Program Marks 10th Year
More than 240 people gathered for the 3rd Annual Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (EM MSIPP) Achievement Workshop in Augusta earlier this month.
August 27, 2024
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Sustainable Technologies Lead to Savings for Groundwater, Soil Cleanup at SRS
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management crews successfully completed cleanup of pits and trenches used during the Cold War era to burn and bury accumulated waste from the site’s A Area that had contaminated the surrounding soil and groundwater.
August 27, 2024
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Los Alamos Bids Farewell to Three Interns Who Made Significant Contributions
U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office legacy cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT closed out another successful 10-week summer internship program in August with presentations by this year’s three interns, Sofia Enriquez, Sam Gervais and Erin Stucky.
August 27, 2024
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EM Nevada Enhances Emergency Responses With Grant Funding
Firefighters in Nye County, Nevada, will have advanced new equipment to combat fires thanks to grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Nevada Program.
August 27, 2024
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Hanford Partnership Preps Students for Success
A partnership between the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant and Oregon State University recently provided an engineering student with a unique opportunity.
August 27, 2024
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SRS Dedicates New Apprenticeship to Project Controls, a Skill in High Demand
A contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management at the Savannah River Site launched a new apprenticeship program this month focused on potential project controls, a skill in high demand.
August 27, 2024
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DOE Awards Administrative Support Service Contract to Small Business Administration 8(a) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
DOE Office of Environmental Management awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to BluePath Labs LLC, a certified participant in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Program and a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, to provide various administrative support services to EM.
August 22, 2024
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DOE Issues Request for Qualifications for Generating Clean Energy at Savannah River Site
The U.S. Department of Energy issued a request for qualifications related to the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative for utility-scale energy projects within the 310-square-mile Savannah River Site. Today’s announcement reinforces the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government approach to leveraging federal properties to increase the deployment of clean power through the buildout of utility-scale clean energy projects.
August 21, 2024
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DOE Awards Order for Information Technology Support Services
DOE awarded an order under the DOE Chief Information Officer Business Operations Support Blanket Purchasing Agreement with Accenture Federal Services LLC.
August 21, 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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