The Energy Department is committed to cleaning up the legacy of the nation’s nuclear weapons program and other research and development activities. Here, a worker at the Savannah River Site installs a runoff cover over low-level waste that has been safely dispositioned underground. | Courtesy of the Office of Environmental Management.
A Roman Shipwreck and Safe Nuclear Storage
Glass discovered in a Roman shipwreck could unlock more answers about how glass will stands the test of time for millennia to come -- research that is very relevant to vitrification, an effective method for storing nuclear waste in glass.
Geek-Up: K East Reactor Demolition, Retrograde Melting and Cloud Pattern Tracking 
Recovery Act funds help clean up the Hanford site, retrograde melting (melting as something cools) and how open-cell clouds could help predict climate change.
Georgia County Turning Industrial and Farm Waste Into Big Energy Savings
Thanks to a Department of Energy Recovery Act grant, Gwinnett County, Georgia is taking some of the grossest stuff on earth and turning it into some of the greenest stuff on earth.
Demolishing Decay at the Hanford Site
Check out this epic demolition video from the Hanford Site in Washington state. But its more than just great footage -- this represents important progress in the cleanup of the environmental legacy of one of America's most famous scientific undertakings -- the Manhattan Project.
Celebrating Successes of Environmental Management Recovery Act Projects
The Office of Environmental Management marked a milestone at the end of last month as they completed 84 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded projects across America.
