Office of Environmental Management (EM)

The BWX Technologies-led joint venture in charge of liquid waste cleanup at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is seeking subcontractors to solidify much of the less-radioactive waste into a concrete-like grout.  In a Dec. 9 solicitation, Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure LLC (H2C) sought proposals for grouting and disposal of […]

The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico received 25 shipments of transuranic (TRU) waste in November. Through the first 11 months of the calendar year 2025, WIPP has received 408 shipments. That is down from 441 in the same period last year.  The 25 shipments last month is less than […]

A longtime Amentum executive, Jim Blankenhorn has been selected as the new president and chief executive officer of United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR), the environmental prime at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. Blankenhorn assumes the top job at UCOR effective April 1, 2026. UCOR said in a Dec. 16 press release […]

Geosyntec, a global environmental engineering and consulting company, said Wednesday morning it has signed a deal to buy Las Vegas-based Department of Energy subcontractor Longenecker & Associates (L&A) for an undisclosed amount. “This strategic acquisition accelerates Geosyntec’s growth in the federal sector, broadens service capabilities, and expands global market access for the combined organizations,” Florida-based […]

During fiscal 2025, the legacy cleanup contractor at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico shipped more than 190 cubic meters of transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). That’s according to a quarterly update distributed Wednesday by Brad Smith, president and general manager of Newport News Nuclear-BWXT-Los Alamos […]

Geosyntec, a global environmental engineering and consulting company, said Wednesday morning it has signed a deal to buy Las Vegas-based Department of Energy subcontractor Longenecker & Associates (L&A) for an undisclosed amount. “This strategic acquisition accelerates Geosyntec’s growth in the federal sector, broadens service capabilities, and expands global market access for the combined organizations,” Florida-based […]

A longtime Amentum executive, Jim Blankenhorn has been selected as the new president and chief executive officer of United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR), the environmental prime at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. Blankenhorn assumes the top job at UCOR effective April 1, 2026. UCOR said in a Dec. 16 press release […]

Crews at the Department of Energy’s Nevada National Security Site recently finished drilling two new groundwater monitoring wells and making a third one deeper, DOE’s nuclear cleanup office said Tuesday. Data from the new wells on Pahute Mesa should improve groundwater monitoring at the longtime nuclear testing site, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management said in […]

The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico received 25 shipments of transuranic (TRU) waste in November. Through the first 11 months of the calendar year 2025, WIPP has received 408 shipments. That is down from 441 in the same period last year.  The 25 shipments last month is less than […]

The BWX Technologies-led joint venture in charge of liquid waste cleanup at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is seeking subcontractors to solidify much of the less-radioactive waste into a concrete-like grout.  In a Dec. 9 solicitation, Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure LLC (H2C) sought proposals for grouting and disposal of […]

Facilities in Pennsylvania once used to help develop U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion systems will be torn down by the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, DOE announced last week. The Environmental Management office recently issued an Action Memorandum, drafted by RSI, for demolishing old C-Area buildings at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West […]

Defense Environmental Cleanup, the largest tranche of funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, could receive almost $7 billion under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal 2026. The final version of the NDAA was released Monday after a House and Senate Conference Committee harmonized differences between the earlier NDAA versions […]

Over 20 containers of low-level radioactive sludge have now been solidified into a glass form at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, feds said this week. The DOE Office of Environmental Management said in a Tuesday news release that the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) built by Bechtel National recently reached […]

Bechtel-led Salado Isolation Mining Contractors (SIMCO) is receiving three additional years to manage and operate the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., DOE said early Wednesday. With the three-year extension, Salado will continue to run WIPP from Oct. 1, 2026 through Sept. 30, 2029, DOE said in a news release. […]

Navarro-ATL has been awarded a one-year extension of its management and operations contract for the 222-S Laboratory at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. Navarro-ATL, previously known as Hanford Laboratory Management and Integration, LLC, announced the extension Tuesday in a LinkedIn post. The original contract started in 2021. The contract includes a […]

Bechtel-led Salado Isolation Mining Contractors (SIMCO) is receiving three additional years to manage and operate the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., DOE said early Wednesday. With the three-year extension, Salado will continue to run WIPP from Oct. 1, 2026 through Sept. 30, 2029, DOE said in a news release. […]

Navarro-ATL has been awarded a one-year extension of its management and operations contract for the 222-S Laboratory at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. Navarro-ATL, previously known as Hanford Laboratory Management and Integration, LLC, announced the extension Tuesday in a LinkedIn post. The original contract started in 2021. The contract includes a […]

Over 20 containers of low-level radioactive sludge have now been solidified into a glass form at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, feds said this week. The DOE Office of Environmental Management said in a Tuesday news release that the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) built by Bechtel National recently reached […]

Defense Environmental Cleanup, the largest tranche of funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, could receive almost $7 billion under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal 2026. The final version of the NDAA was released Monday after a House and Senate Conference Committee harmonized differences between the earlier NDAA versions […]

The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center is seeking responses  until Dec. 18 to its request for information for technical assistance contracts at certain nuclear complex sites. According to the procurement notice posted online Nov. 26, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management is looking for a small business to provide technical assistance to field […]

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is logging a lot of miles before Christmas, visiting the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site as well as the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory this week. Wright is then scheduled to round out his western swing on Monday Dec. 8 with a stopover at Idaho National Laboratory, according to notices released […]

The Department of Energy and other agencies said Wednesday nearly half of the 33,000-plus acres at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee are suitable for reuse without any additional cleanup. Research by DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) “show 16,377 of the […]

The Department of Energy and other agencies said Wednesday nearly half of the 33,000-plus acres at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee are suitable for reuse without any additional cleanup. Research by DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) “show 16,377 of the […]

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is scheduled to visit the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site as well as the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory this week. That is according to an advisory released by the DOE communications office late Tuesday. The schedule shows Wright visiting the Ice Harbor Dam in Burbank, Wash., and answering questions from […]

Work crews for an Amentum-led joint venture have taken down a 37,000-square-foot office building at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The 4710 Building, as it was known, provided offices for managers and staff for the former Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF), which was a test reactor used for nuclear research, DOE […]

Energy Communities Alliance will hold a virtual meeting on Dec. 4 to discuss colocating nuclear reactors with artificial intelligence data centers. The webinar, “Advancing New Nuclear with Datacenter Development”, will also explore concerns local officials must address, such as community engagement, regulatory considerations and siting. The session will discuss issues on co-locating nuclear power reactors […]

The Department of Energy is inviting expressions of interest (EOI) from vendors interested in providing mature technology to potentially recycle 9,700 tons of volumetrically contaminated nickel stored at the Paducah Site in Kentucky. DOE’s Portsmouth-Paducah Project office announced the nickel reuse EOI in a Friday Nov. 21 press release. This EOI comes more than two […]

More than three-dozen nuclear critics and environmental groups contend in a recent letter that President Donald Trump’s executive actions could weaken radiation protections and endanger public health. “The Trump White House has issued numerous executive orders (EO), including one directing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to revise its long-standing radiation rule, Standards for Protection Against […]

A month after starting up the long-awaited plant to turn liquid waste into glass form, crews at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., took another key step on an environmental project to protect the Columbia River. “Over the weekend, crews removed the first cesium capsules from the underground pool at the Waste Encapsulation and Storage […]

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Thursday announced reorganization of the Department of Energy with a prominent role in the organizational chart for the semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The reorganization is designed “to strengthen DOE’s ability to execute President Trump’s bold agenda to restore American energy dominance,” Wright said in a press release. “This […]