EM Update

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EM Update

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOEOEM/bulletins/42f1f20

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One Year In: EM Marks Historic Progress Under Assistant Secretary Walsh; Portsmouth Site Operators Train for Tools to Slice, Pulverize Legacy Facilities; and much more!

The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management marked its first year under Assistant Secretary Tim Walsh with completed radioactive waste removals and new facility milestones across multiple sites. At the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, operators completed specialized training on heavy-duty demolition equipment to prepare for the teardown of the massive X-333 process building.

These cleanup achievements directly support the broader federal effort to repurpose former Cold War weapons and enrichment sites for commercial nuclear and industrial projects. Remediated lands at locations like Portsmouth, Paducah, and Oak Ridge are transitioning into private-sector energy hubs for advanced manufacturing, computing infrastructure, and fuel cycle facilities.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright, left, tours the Waste Treatment Plant at the Hanford Site with Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh in December 2025.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — One year after Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh was sworn in as the first Senate-confirmed leader for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (EM) in more than six years, the cleanup team has achieved a string of historic cleanup milestones, record private investment and a bold new strategic vision highlighting a program being transformed.

Read the full article at DOE Office of Environmental Management:
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOEOEM/bulletins/42f1f20