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Groundwater demonstration begins on Oak Ridge disposal facility project

December 13, 2024, 7:14AMRadwaste Solutions

An aerial view of the Environmental Management Disposal Facility project site at Oak Ridge. (Photo: DOE)

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) have finished fieldwork and have begun monitoring groundwater elevations for a study at the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF) project site in Tennessee.

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CLEAN SMART bill reintroduced in Senate

February 13, 2026, 7:29AMNuclear News

Senators Ben Ray Luján (D., N.M.) and Tim Scott (R., S.C.) have reintroduced legislation aimed at leveraging the best available science and technology at U.S. national laboratories to support...

Oak Ridge completes demolition of Alpha-2 enrichment facility

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The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced it had completed the largest demolition project yet at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., when it...

Hanford begins removing waste from 24th single-shell tank

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The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said crews at the Hanford Site near Richland, Wash., have started retrieving radioactive waste from Tank A-106, a...

Deep Isolation launches borehole disposal demonstration program

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Nuclear waste technology company Deep Isolation Nuclear has launched a multiyear demonstration program of its deep borehole technology for disposing of nuclear waste. The full-scale, at-depth...

DOE saves $1.7M transferring robotics from Portsmouth to Oak Ridge

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The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said it has transferred four robotic demolition machines from the department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio to Oak Ridge, Tenn.,...

DOE lays out fuel cycle goals in RFI to states

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The Department of Energy has issued a request for information inviting states to express interest in hosting Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. According to the DOE, the proposed campuses...

Reps. Levin, Pfluger urge DOE action on SNF management

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Rep. Mike Levin (D., Calif.) and Rep. August Pfluger (R., Texas) are urging Energy Secretary Chris Wright to establish a safe, effective, and long-term management program for spent nuclear...

Canada begins regulatory approval process for spent fuel repository

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Canada has formally initiated the regulatory process of licensing its proposed deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel, with the country’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization...

Canada begins regulatory approval process for spent fuel repository

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Canada has formally initiated the regulatory process of licensing its proposed deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel, with the country’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization...

Oak Ridge worker’s insight leads to $16M in demolition project savings

December 1, 2025, 12:01PMRadwaste Solutions

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said it was insight and a questioning attitude from a project manager that led the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management...

Groundwater demonstration begins on Oak Ridge disposal facility project

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