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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 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 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 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 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 June 21, 2012 - 15:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Idaho waste treatment facility startup testing suspended to evaluate system response

IDAHO FALLS, ID- On Saturday, June 16, startup testing was suspended at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho Site. Testing and plant heat-up was suspended to allow detailed evaluation of a system …

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Published on June 19, 2012 - 21:13 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Awards Contracts to Seven Small Businesses

Cincinnati–The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced contract awards to seven small-disadvantaged businesses. Each contract will have a maximum value of approximately $4 million. The contracts will have terms of a one-year base period, with three …

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Published on June 15, 2012 - 13:12 GMT

EM Press Release: N Reactor Placed In Interim Safe Storage

RICHLAND, WASH. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) River Corridor contractor, Washington Closure Hanford, has completed placing N Reactor in interim safe storage, a process also known as “cocooning.”.. For additional information, please click the …

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Published on May 17, 2012 - 20:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Announces Transfer of Depleted Uranium to Advance the U.S. National Security Interests, Extend Operations at ...

WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy – in collaboration with Energy Northwest (EN), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and USEC Inc. – today announced the finalized details of a transfer of depleted uranium to EN that will be enriched at the Paducah …

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Published on April 27, 2012 - 15:11 GMT

EM Press Release: Savannah River Site Team Wins Carolina Challenge at 2012 DOE Security Protection Officer Competition

Savannah River Site, Aiken, S.C. – Security Protection Officers from Savannah River Site’s (SRS) security contractor WSI-SRS, today won the Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary’s Trophy as the top DOE team in the 2012 Security Protection Officer Team …

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Published on April 24, 2012 - 20:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Waste Treatment Facility Passes Federal Inspection, Completes Final Milestone, Begins Startup

The Idaho site today initiated the controlled, phased startup of a new waste treatment facility scheduled to begin treating 900,000 gallons of radioactive liquid waste stored in underground tanks at a former Cold War spent nuclear fuel reprocessing …

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Published on April 20, 2012 - 16:12 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Awards Management and Operating Contract for DOE's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

CARLSBAD, N.M., April 20, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC (members comprised of URS Energy & Construction, Inc., of Boise, Idaho, and Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc., of …

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Published on April 18, 2012 - 20:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Sixth Chapter of Hanford Story Released to Public

RICHLAND, Wash. – The Department of Energy is releasing the sixth chapter of The Hanford Story video series to the public today. ?Plutonium Finishing Plant? provides viewers with a look at the history and cleanup of the highest hazard facility remaining at …

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Published on April 18, 2012 - 16:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Retrieval Of Final Stored Radioactive Waste Resumes

IDAHO FALLS, ID- Operations to retrieve the estimated 6,900 cubic meters of stored transuranic waste remaining at the Idaho site began this week at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project... For additional information, please …

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