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Published on January 14, 2011 - 19:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Hanford Waste Treatment Plant sets massive protective shield door in Pretreatment Facility

Richland, Wash. - Earlier this week, an enormous protective shield door was set in the Pretreatment Facility at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, also known as the “Vit Plant.” The 102-ton door was lowered through the roof and placed on top of an …

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Published on January 6, 2011 - 19:12 GMT

EM Press Release: Much Accomplished at Hanford in 2010

RICHLAND, WASH. – The Department of Energy (DOE) Richland Operations Office contractors achieved a great deal of cleanup progress at the Hanford Site in 2010. .. For additional information, please click the link above.

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Published on December 28, 2010 - 22:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Awards a $1,900,000 Grant Amendment to Ohio University

LEXINGTON, KY – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office today awarded a $1.9 million grant to Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs in Athens, Ohio... For additional information, please click the link …

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Published on December 20, 2010 - 15:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Requests Proposals for Utah Mill Tailing Excavation Project

Cincinnati – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Task Order Proposal (RTP) for the excavation and transportation of uranium tailings or residual radioactive material (RRM) from the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action ( …

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Published on December 17, 2010 - 15:11 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Selects Eleven Contractors for Multiple-Award Cleanup Contracts

Cincinnati - The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded eleven contracts today that will support environmental cleanup services by the Office of Environmental Management. These Nationwide Multiple-Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts …

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Published on December 15, 2010 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: 107th TRU Shipment Sent Off Hanford Site in 2010

RICHLAND, Wash. – The Department of Energy and its contractors shipped 107 shipments of Transuranic waste (TRU) off the Hanford site so far in 2010... For additional information, please click the link above.

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Published on December 13, 2010 - 20:13 GMT

EM Press Release: Waverly Teens Become First High School Students To Participate In Full Tour At Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion ...

Piketon, Ohio - About 30 students from Waverly High School participated in a full tour of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant on Friday, November 19, 2010, as part of continuing community outreach efforts by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The tour …

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Published on December 13, 2010 - 20:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Department of Energy Awards Contract for Operation of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion at Portsmouth, ...

Lexington, KY - The Department of Energy announced today that a $428 million, five-year contract has been awarded to the Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services, LLC (B&WCS, LLC) of Lynchburg, Virginia, for operation of the Depleted Uranium …

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Published on December 13, 2010 - 20:10 GMT

EM Press Release: ALE Cleanup Marks First Reduction in Hanford’s Cleanup Footprint

RICHLAND, WASH. – The Department of Energy (DOE) has reduced the cleanup footprint on the Hanford Site by 115 square miles after work was completed recently on the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve (ALE) and Rattlesnake Mountain... For additional information, …

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Published on December 10, 2010 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE and NRC Holds Public Meeting Via Telephone on the Draft Basis for Section 3116 Determination for Closure of ...

AIKEN, SC, - The Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River Operations Office (SR) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will host a public meeting via conference call on December 14, 2010, regarding NRC’s Requests for Additional Information ( …

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Published on December 7, 2010 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: SRNL Specially Invented Grout Aids SRS Reactor Closure

AIKEN, S.C. – A combination of teamwork and cutting-edge science is responsible for the unique flowable and self-leveling cement slurry that on November 22 completely filled the P Reactor vessel at the Savannah River Site (SRS). This American Recovery and …

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Published on December 2, 2010 - 14:13 GMT

EM Press Release: State Renews WIPP Facility Permit

CARLSBAD, N.M., December 1, 2010 – The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has received its Hazardous Waste Facility Permit renewal from the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)... For additional information, please click the link above.

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Published on November 29, 2010 - 17:11 GMT

EM Press Release: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Receives Second EPA Recertification

CARLSBAD, N.M., November 18, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) crossed a key milestone today when it was recertified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This decision means that the EPA, after a …

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Published on November 19, 2010 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Information on Contaminated Rabbit at the Hanford Site

RICHLAND, Wash. – Employees working for Department of Energy contractor Washington Closure Hanford recently discovered rabbit droppings contaminated with radioactive cesium within a hundred yards of a facility demolished during environmental cleanup at …

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Published on November 19, 2010 - 15:12 GMT

EM Press Release: SRS Recovery Act TRU Waste Project Ahead of Schedule with Box Remediation Program

Aiken, SC – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) started off the last 12 months of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act with an enormous success in its legacy transuranic (TRU) waste program. The H-Canyon box remediation program …

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