hird National Cleanup Workshop Set for Sept. 13-14 in Washington, D.C. Area

EM News Flash | Jan. 12, 2017

Third National Cleanup Workshop Set for Sept. 13-14 in Washington, D.C. Area WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Energy Communities Alliance, in cooperation with EM and the Energy Facility Contractors Group, is set to hold the third National Cleanup Workshop on Sept. 13-14, 2017, at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Va.    The workshop will bring together senior DOE executives and site officials, industry executives, and other stakeholders to discuss EM’s progress on the cleanup of the environmental legacy of the nation’s Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear weapons program.    Approximately 600 attendees, including senior Department officials, Congressional leaders, DOE contractors, and state, Tribal and local government leaders, participated in the 2016 workshop — the largest EM-focused gathering in the D.C. area last year.     More information on the National Cleanup Workshop can be found here.    As the largest environmental cleanup program in the world, EM is charged with the responsibility of cleaning 107 sites across the country, totaling a combined area equal to that of Rhode Island and Delaware.