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February 1, 2012
This figure shows the downward trends of EM TRC and DART case rates for the last three fiscal years. These three years correspond to the time of substantial increase in work activities in support of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
EM Occupational Injury and Illness Rates Continued to Decline in Fiscal Year 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The EM Office of Safety and Security Program conducts analysis of EM-wide safety performance on a quarterly basis to provide senior management a tool to compare and evaluate performance and identify emergent trends and make performance comparisons between sites and contractors of varying size and risk.

February 1, 2012
A Savannah River Remediation employee uses a manipulator located inside a shielded enclosure at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, where a melter pours molten glass into a canister.
Savannah River Site Marks Waste Processing Milestone with Melter’s 2,000th Waste Canister

AIKEN, S.C. – The second melter to operate in the 16-year history of the nation’s largest radioactive waste glassification plant shows no signs of slowing after recently pouring its 2,000 canister of glass-formed hazardous waste.

February 1, 2012
Alice Williams was named EM’s Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary on Jan. 1.
New Member of EM’s Leadership Team Envisions Success Following Reorganization

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alice Williams was named EM’s Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary on Jan. 1. Williams recently talked with EM Update about her role in EM’s new organizational structure, which is based on a matrix construct and facilitates collaborative decision-making around shared goals and objectives. This structure aims to better align the program to achieve success in the Cold War cleanup. As part of its reorganization, EM created Mission Units, which are in charge of the effective program management of the mission areas and the activities necessary to complete the cleanup mission.

February 1, 2012
EM's Strategic Planning Initiative Examines Impact of Lower Funding Targets

WASHINGTON, D.C. – EM is conducting a strategic planning effort that aims to optimize progress in the organization’s environmental cleanup program.

January 1, 2012
Employees at Oak Ridge are accelerating work at K-25’s East Wing. Sixty percent of the remaining structure is expected to be down by the end of the September.
Oak Ridge Lays Out Big Plans for 2012

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Last year, Oak Ridge’s Environmental Management (EM) program logged one of its most successful years due to sound project management and achievements in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act work.

January 1, 2012
By May, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions expects to be shipping transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant almost continuously, using six TRUPACT-III shipping containers like the one shown here.
Savannah River Site 2012 Outlook: Transuranic Waste Program Set to Safely Reach Milestone

AIKEN, S.C. – In 2012, the Savannah River Site (SRS) is scheduled to achieve a milestone by completing processing of 5,000 cubic meters of legacy transuranic (TRU) waste for shipment to a safe, permanent disposal facility.

January 1, 2012
H Canyon, above, and HB-Line are scheduled to soon begin dissolving and purifying plutonium currently stored at the Savannah River Site to demonstrate the capability to produce oxide material that meets the Mixed Oxide Facility (MOX) feedstock specifications. The production process at MOX, which is now under construction, will eventually create fuel pellets for U.S. commercial reactor fuel assemblies.
Savannah River Site’s H Canyon Begins 2012 with New and Continuing Missions - Transuranic waste remediation, new mission work are the focus of the nation’s only active nuclear chemical separations facility in 2012

AIKEN, S.C. – The Savannah River Site (SRS) is breathing new life into the H Canyon, the only active nuclear chemical separations facility still operating in the U.S.

January 1, 2012
A view of the biomass-fired cogeneration facility at the Savannah River Site.
EM is Leader in Use of Performance-Based Contracts to Save Energy and Money

WASHINGTON, D.C. – EM has been a leader in the use of performance-based contracts to reduce energy and water use and develop onsite renewable energy sources.

January 1, 2012
A firefighter uses a drip torch, a can of fuel with a flame-carrying torch head at the spout, to ignite the fire.
Portsmouth Site Achieves Regulatory Milestone after Successful Controlled Burn

PIKETON, Ohio – Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant firefighters recently completed a prescribed fire, or controlled burn, of an 18-acre prairie at the site, two weeks ahead of a regulatory deadline.

January 1, 2012
The Savannah River Chapter of North American – Young Generation in Nuclear is a new group forming at the Savannah River Site.
Young Professionals in Nuclear Industry Group Forms at Savannah River Site

AIKEN, S.C. – Supporting the development of young nuclear professionals in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) is the purpose behind a new group forming at the Savannah River Site (SRS).