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DOE Update

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EM Leaders Survey Legacy Cleanup Progress at Three Sites in Empire State; Walsh Highlights Federal Land as Launchpad for Nuclear Growth at Summit; and much more!

Department of Energy environmental management officials recently toured nuclear legacy sites across New York to review cleanup progress. Assistant Secretary Tim Walsh also spoke at a South Carolina summit regarding federal land reuse. Meanwhile, contractors at the Hanford Site safely isolated contaminated gloveboxes to reduce maintenance costs.

Accelerating environmental remediation efforts allows the federal government to repurpose formerly contaminated acreage for advanced reactors and national security missions. Restoring these properties supports broader domestic energy production goals while addressing long term radioactive waste liabilities. Effective interagency coordination also lowers ongoing operational expenses across multiple complex facilities.

West Valley Demonstration Project tour participants pose in front of 56 high-level waste casks on the site's temporary storage pad. From left: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Deputy Chief of Staff John Howard; West Valley Facility Representative Cory Lauber; West Valley Director Bryan Bower; West Valley Office of...

Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM) Tim Walsh toured three sites in New York recently where the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) conducts legacy cleanup to review progress and meet with team members and community stakeholders.

"Our cleanup work in New York is focused on responsibly addressing legacy conditions and steadily reducing long-term risk for the community and future generations," Walsh said of the West Valley Demonstration Project and the EM Consolidated Business Center New York's (EMCBC-NY) Office of Naval Reactors (NR) cleanup sites at Kesselring and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL). "Here at West Valley, my team is delivering results by improving efficiency through innovation, prioritization and...

Read the full article at DOE Office of Environmental Management:
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOEOEM/bulletins/42da074