EM Update

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EM Update

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOEOEM/bulletins/420d5e1

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Saving Lives, Powering the Future: House Caucus Highlights DOE's Isotope Mission; Savannah River Site Analysis Ensures Safe Transport of Transuranic Waste Drums to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant; and much more!

Department of Energy officials recently highlighted efforts to extract medical isotopes from legacy nuclear materials and announced advancements in domestic stable isotope production. Concurrently, the Savannah River Site resumed shipments of remote-handled transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant following successful flammable gas analysis of legacy waste containers.

These activities reflect the ongoing integration of environmental cleanup missions with national medical and industrial supply chains. Rigorous gas sampling protocols remain a standard requirement for the safe transport of transuranic materials, while student internships at sites like Paducah continue to support the technical workforce pipeline needed for long-term site remediation and reindustrialization.

WASHINGTON — Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management Manager Erik Olds and Savannah River Operations Office Manager Edwin Deshong joined U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil for a recent U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus event. Titled "DOE's Isotope Mission: Legacy Cleanup Saving Lives and Powering America's...

Deshong talked about how Savannah River National Laboratory is advancing cutting-edge isotope research to meet critical national needs. Olds, who also serves as acting director for the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, spoke about Oak Ridge's "cleanup to cure" mission to extract an extremely rare medical isotope, thorium-229, from uranium-233 before it's processed and disposed of. The isotope is a crucial ingredient for a promising form of cancer treatment currently in clinical trials.

Read the full article at DOE Office of Environmental Management:
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOEOEM/bulletins/420d5e1