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Published on April 4, 2011 - 14:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Issues Draft Request for Proposals Seeking Contractor to Manage, Operate Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a management and operations contractor to maintain the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan (WIPP) and manage the DOE National Transuranic Waste (TRU) Program in …

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Published on March 31, 2011 - 14:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Seeks Trucking Services for Transuranic Waste Shipments

Cincinnati -- The Department of Energy (DOE) today will issue a Request for Proposals for the continuation of carrier services to transport transuranic waste (TRU) between DOE sites and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site, near Carlsbad, New Mexico …

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Published on March 28, 2011 - 16:10 GMT

EM Press Release: WIPP Marks 12 Years of Operations

CARLSBAD, N.M., March 28, 2011 – On Saturday, March 26, 2011, the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant marked another anniversary. It has now been 12 years since WIPP received its first shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste. TRU waste consists …

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Published on March 11, 2011 - 22:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Awards Small Business Transportation Emergency Training Contract

Cincinnati -- The Department of Energy (DOE) announced today a contract award to Technical Resources Group, Inc. (TRG), of Idaho Falls, Idaho. TRG, a small business that is also the incumbent contractor, will continue performing environmental consulting …

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Published on March 11, 2011 - 16:10 GMT

EM Press Release: West Valley Melter Draft Waste Evaluation Released for Public Comment

West Valley, New York – The U.S. Department of Energy today released a Draft Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR) Evaluation of a vitrification melter at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) for review and comment by the public, states and …

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Published on March 9, 2011 - 14:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Department of Energy Establishes Asset Revitalization Task Force

Washington, D.C. – Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the establishment of a Task Force on Asset Revitalization to facilitate a discussion among the Department of Energy, communities around DOE sites, nonprofits, tribal governments, the private …

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Published on March 7, 2011 - 15:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Latest 200 Area Demolition Offers Snapshot of Hanford Cleanup Progress

RICHLAND, WASH. – Today’s safe and successful explosive demolition at Hanford’s 200 Area by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) is the latest reminder of progress being made on cleanup as a result of …

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Published on March 3, 2011 - 22:10 GMT

EM Press Release: WIPP Monitoring Program Ensures Worker Safety

CARLSBAD, N.M., March 3, 2011 – Officials with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) are citing the recent accreditation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Laboratory as a cause for reflection on the important role …

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Published on March 2, 2011 - 21:12 GMT

EM Press Release: SRS Recovery Act Program Reaches $1 Billion Mark

AIKEN, S.C. – In 22 short months, the Savannah River Site (SRS) has spent $1 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to accelerate environmental cleanup of the remaining Cold War legacy, while supporting jobs, training and small businesses …

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Published on February 25, 2011 - 15:13 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE-SR Makes a Difference Through Donation to Educational Center

Aiken, SC -- The Department of Energy-Savannah River Operations Office (DOE-SR) is making a real impact to increase learning resources for an educational nonprofit organization through its Computers for Learning (CFL) program. Just recently, DOE-SR donated …

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Published on February 25, 2011 - 15:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Online Registration Dates Set for 2011 Hanford Tours

RICHLAND, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will open online registration on March 8 for tours of the Hanford Site and on March 15 for B Reactor-specific tours... For additional information, please click the link above.

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Published on February 23, 2011 - 19:13 GMT

EM Press Release: Major Recovery Act Project Completed at Hanford

RICHLAND, WASH. – Two new super cells are going into service to expand disposal capacity for contaminated soil and debris at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (ERDF), at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford Site in southeastern Washington …

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Published on February 23, 2011 - 19:11 GMT

EM Press Release: Recovery Act’s HWCTR Project Empty of Equipment, Ready for Grouting

AIKEN, S.C. – Thanks to investments from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the next phase has begun on decommissioning the Heavy Water Components Test Reactor (HWCTR) at the Savannah River Site (SRS). With the reactor building now empty of its …

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Published on February 18, 2011 - 16:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste and ...

WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class C (GTCC) Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) and GTCC-Like Waste (DOE/EIS-0375D, Draft EIS) as required under the National …

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Published on February 17, 2011 - 22:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Explosive Demolitions To Change Hanford’s Skyline

RICHLAND, WASH. – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) will use explosives to demolish several structures near the center of the Hanford Site on two separate days – February 18 and March 4... For …

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Published on February 10, 2011 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Savannah River Site Makes Progress on Recovery Act-funded Cleanup

AIKEN, S.C. – The Savannah River Site’s (SRS) American Reinvestment and Recovery Act program recently disposition of more than 1,000 cubic meters of legacy transuranic waste (TRU). This represents 20 percent of the 5,000 cubic meter inventory of TRU waste …

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Published on February 3, 2011 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Second Site-Wide Five-Year Review of Cleanup at DOE’s Idaho Site Completed; Report Now Available Online

Idaho - An Idaho Cleanup Project team has completed work on the site-wide five-year review of cleanup at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Idaho site... For additional information, please click the link above.

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Published on February 2, 2011 - 15:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Recovery Act Funds Test Reactor Dome Removal in Historic D&D Project

AIKEN, S.C. – The landscape of the Savannah River Site (SRS) is a little flatter and a little less colorful with the removal today of the 75-foot-tall rusty-orange dome from the Cold War-era test reactor. This $25-million reactor decommissioning and …

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Published on January 20, 2011 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Issues Final Mercury Storage Environmental Impact Statement

WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy has prepared a Final Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury Environmental Impact Statement to analyze the potential environmental, human health, and socioeconomic impacts of elemental mercury storage at …

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Published on January 19, 2011 - 19:14 GMT

EM Press Release: New Groundwater Treatment Facility Begins Operation

RICHLAND, WASH. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is boosting its capacity for treating groundwater to remove chromium near the Columbia River by 40 percent with the recent completion of a new treatment facility... For additional information, please …

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