Cleanup & Remediation

GAO says EM lacks consistent remote-work policy; internships do not pay dividends

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The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management lacks consistent policy on allowing staff to work remotely, and efforts to use internship-type programs to recruit younger workers have yet to pay off, according to last week’s congressional watchdog…

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Amentum-Jacobs contracting combo plan NYSE listing, board of directors

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

House abandons planned vote on DOE’s 2025 budget bill

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

DOE looks to Hecate to develop large Hanford solar project

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

South Carolina won a $600M settlement with DOE. The money could change — in big ways and small — how people in Aiken live

A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

DOE plans to boost value of Carlsbad technical assistance deal with Navarro

A stainless steel glovebox used to handle sensitive materials in a controlled, inert-atmosphere laboratory.

During New Mexico meeting, DOE bosses get earful on pits, WIPP, power lines

A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

EPA takes comments on WIPP plans for new disposal panels

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

DNFSB sets August hearing on aging infrastructure

A worker standing near a row of barrels marked with radioactive warning symbols in an industrial facility.

DOE Nevada completes upgrades required by settlement over mislabeled Y-12 waste

Two professionals reviewing and signing a contract document together in an office setting.

Losing Hanford bidder says recent court decision bolsters case to disqualify winner

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

Wrap up: WRPS starts more tank work; NNSA boss says LANL growth peaked; plaintiff serves Sandia in defamation case; more

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