January 9, 2024

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Field Work Completed for Key Cleanup Project at Los Alamos Townsite

The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B), the legacy cleanup contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, have completed field work at the Middle DP Road (MDPR) Site.

December 5, 2023

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WIPP Achieves EM’s 2023 Transuranic Waste Disposal Priority

EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has accomplished an EM 2023 priority to complete and dispose of 400 transuranic waste shipments while striving to ensure no backlog of shipments from cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) site in New Mexico.

October 31, 2023

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EM 2023 Priority: Moab Ships 14 Million Tons of Mill Tailings for Disposal

Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project successfully relocating another 1 million tons of uranium mill tailings away from the Colorado River, bringing the cumulative total to 14 million tons permanently disposed.

October 31, 2023

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Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Progress in Fiscal Year 2023

The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) successfully completed several key legacy cleanup accomplishments in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, including meeting all regulatory milestones, exceeding transuranic (TRU) waste shipment goals and wrapping up fie

September 26, 2023

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Idaho Site Celebrates 7,000 Shipments To Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

EM and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site celebrated an important milestone last week: the site’s 7,000th transuranic (TRU) waste shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico.

September 12, 2023

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Hanford Prepares to Ship Test Glass Offsite

EM is testing technologies and processes needed to help immobilize Hanford Site tank waste in glass through a process called vitrification.

September 5, 2023

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First Uranium-Oxide Shipment from Portsmouth Reaches Disposal Destination

EM achieves another milestone in its offsite shipping and disposal of depleted uranium oxide from the Portsmouth site.

July 25, 2023

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Los Alamos Highlights Cleanup Progress During EM Leadership Visit

Amid renewed interest in the atomic history of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), EM leadership had the opportunity to discuss and highlight the significant progress underway in the legacy cleanup mission at LANL during a visit last week.

July 25, 2023

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EM Leadership Visit to Los Alamos in Pictures

With the recent uptick in interest in the role Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) played in the World War II-era Manhattan Project, EM Senior Advisor William White was joined by EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) officials in a visit to Los Alamos.

July 6, 2023

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EM Updates Cleanup 'By the Numbers'

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) has updated its popular “By the Numbers” feature, which illustrates progress at cleanup sites through quick and clear infographics.