In December 2015, EM released its 2015 Year-in-Review highlighting the wide array of work performed in the cleanup program this year. The Year-in-Review features detailed major accomplishments achieved at each EM site, as well as EM headquarters.
AIKEN, S.C. – Forty-four U.S. and international robotics experts assembled into a team by EM toured the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently to discuss how the nuclear cleanup program makes use of robotics technology across the DOE complex.
EM's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request
As the largest environmental cleanup program in the world, 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. EM has made substantial progress in nearly every area of nuclear waste cleanup and as of September 2012, completed cleanup at 90 of these sites.
The mission of the Office of Environmental Management (EM) is to complete the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from five decades of nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.
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The EM Fiscal Year 2016 budget request places a priority on balancing risk reduction and regulatory requirements, while continuing the Department’s commitment to the highest level of safety performance standards.
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