Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that soil decontamination efforts in Fukushima result in constant, high levels of suspended sediments and a rapid decline in radiocesium particles.
In a study published this month in Nature Sustainability, a research group led by the University of Tsukuba has revealed that although the initial effects of increased sediment load in rivers caused by the Fukushima decontamination efforts were unsustainable, several factors worked in the region's favor to reduce these effects.
The bipartisan state budget Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed July 20 includes a down payment on a solution to one of Michigan’s biggest environmental remediation challenges.
Weston’s original technical paper called “Pilot-Scale Study for In-situ Leaching of Residual Uranium from Remediated Soil” recently achieved distinguished honors reserved for just 16 of the 300 papers submitted at the Waste Management (WM) Symposia held in March 2022.
A project manager pleaded guilty in federal court today to misleading federal authorities about lead contamination in a Granby, Mo., city park after he was hired to conduct remediation at the site.
EPA recently signed an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent with Idaho Pole Company for groundwater work. Pilot EPA groundwater amendments began in August.
How does an entity without profit, or even revenue, come up with the money to clean up a contaminated Superfund site? That’s the question the Environmental Protection Agency set out to answer with the City of Bozeman regarding the high-profile Idaho Pole Co. yard.
After excavating more than 2,200 truckloads of soil contaminated by solvents, the DOE expects a 2024 completion date for the cleanup of an old uranium enrichment plant.
An area of land in Oak Ridge will be added to the Manhattan Project National Historical Park thanks to the Office of Environmental Management’s cleanup efforts there.