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Published on September 21, 2012 - 20:12 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Awards Native American, Tribally-Owned Small Business Contract for Support Services to Savannah River ...

Aiken, SC -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a set- aside contract to the NOVA Corp. of Window Rock, Arizona. NOVA will provide administrative support services and information technology support to the Savannah River Operations Office. …

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Published on September 19, 2012 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Awards Grant to New Mexico Environment Department for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Oversight, Monitoring

Carlsbad, NM -- The Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a grant for an estimated $1.6 million to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). The five-year grant funds an agreement for NMED to conduct non-regulatory environmental oversight and …

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Published on September 19, 2012 - 20:12 GMT

EM Press Release: F Reactor Area Cleanup Complete

RICHLAND, Wash. – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contractors have cleaned up the F Reactor Area, the first reactor area at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state to be fully remediated... For additional information, please click the link above.

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Published on September 17, 2012 - 19:11 GMT

EM Press Release: Retrieval of the Tenth Single-Shell Tank Complete at Hanford

RICHLAND -- Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) has advised the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that they have completed retrieval of radioactive and chemical waste from the third single-shell tank (SST) this year. WRPS is the tank operations …

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Published on September 14, 2012 - 14:12 GMT

EM Press Release: Highly Radioactive Sludge Removal Complete

RICHLAND, WASH. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M HILL) announced today the removal of the first phase of highly radioactive sludge from under water storage in the K West Basin about 400 yards …

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Published on September 14, 2012 - 14:10 GMT

EM Press Release: HAMMER Celebrates 15th Anniversary

RICHLAND, Wash. – The Volpentest HAMMER Training Center, located at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state, will mark its 15th anniversary of operations and dedicate a new Field Exercise Building for the U.S. State …

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Published on September 6, 2012 - 21:12 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE to Extend Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Contract at Savannah River Site to September 2016

Aiken, SC -- The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Operations Office today exercised its option to extend the current Savannah River Site Management and Operating contract with Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS) for an additional 38 …

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Published on September 6, 2012 - 16:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Retrieval of Ninth Single-Shell Tank Complete

Richland - - Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) has completed the retrieval of radioactive and chemical waste from single-shell tank (SST) C-104, an underground storage tank that once held 259,000 gallons of waste left over from nuclear weapons …

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Published on August 27, 2012 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Awards Contract for WIPP Mobile Loading Unit Services

Cincinnati – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a competitive small business contract to Celeritex, LLC, (a Joint Venture between Project Services Group, LLC and DeNuke Contracting Services Inc.) of Suwanee, Georgia. The contract is to …

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Published on August 24, 2012 - 20:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Building Removal Ongoing at DOE’s Paducah Site

PADUCAH, KY – Work is ongoing at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) to raze a 65,000-square-foot facility known as the C-340 Metals Plant, which was used to make uranium metal during the Cold War... For additional information, please click the link …

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Published on August 21, 2012 - 18:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Seeks Proposals for Portsmouth Plant Technical Services

Cincinnati - The Department of Energy today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an Environmental Technical Services acquisition at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant near Piketon, Ohio. The RFP proposes a cost-plus-award-fee contract for three- …

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Published on August 16, 2012 - 18:12 GMT

EM Press Release: WIPP Receives Green Zia Award for Environmental Excellence

CARLSBAD, N.M., August 16, 2012– The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facility known as the nation’s only deep geologic repository for the permanent disposal of radioactive waste, was recently honored for its …

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Published on August 13, 2012 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Seeks Quotes for Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Environmental Technical Services

Cincinnati– The Department of Energy today issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for an Environmental Technical Services acquisition at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) for the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO). The RFQ is proposing a small- …

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Published on August 2, 2012 - 21:12 GMT

EM Press Release: Energy Department Announces New Technical Review to Assess Black Cells at Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has assembled a group of independent technical experts to assess the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment Plant (WTP), specifically as it relates to the facility …

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Published on August 2, 2012 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Hanford’s Robust Safety Culture Gains One More Site-Wide Safety Standard

RICHLAND, Wash. – The safety of the Hanford Site workforce has been bolstered with another program added to the list of Site-wide Safety Standards. The latest Site-wide Safety Standard covers Fall Protection... For additional information, please click the …

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Published on August 2, 2012 - 14:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Media Advisory- Sitewide Safety Standards

Department of Energy to announce two additions to the Hanford Site-wide Safety Standards – a set of 14 areas where Hanford contractors have collaborated to establish one uniform standard to guide safe operations. The latest additions to the Site-wide …

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Published on July 13, 2012 - 19:10 GMT

EM Press Release: First of Hanford’s Highly Radioactive Sludge Moved Away from River

RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers have started moving highly radioactive material, called sludge, away from the Columbia River, marking a significant milestone in the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s cleanup of the Hanford Site in Washington State... For …

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Published on July 9, 2012 - 20:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Announces Additional Tour Seats Available

RICHLAND, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has made additional seats available for tours of the B Reactor National Historic Landmark this July and August. The four-hour tour allows the public a firsthand view of the world’s first full scale …

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Published on July 2, 2012 - 21:14 GMT

EM Press Release: West Valley Seeks Comment on Draft Waste Evaluation

West Valley, NY – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the public and the states of Nevada and Texas, and the Seneca Nation of Indians for review and comment, a Draft Waste Incidental to …

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Published on June 21, 2012 - 19:12 GMT

EM Press Release: New Book Updates INL’s History, Documents a Decade of Transformation

The U.S. Department of Energy is releasing an update to the history of the Idaho National Laboratory, documenting a decade of transformation at the laboratory, and a “decade of doing” for the Idaho Cleanup Project. “Transformed: A Recent History of the …

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