Inside the $8 Billion DOE Nuclear Waste Cleanup Program: Steve Moore on Veolia's Federal Services

<p>The <a href="https://www.energy.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">U.S. Department of Energy</a> spends roughly $8 billion annually cleaning up nuclear waste from Manhattan Project-era sites like Hanford, Washington and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. On this episode of the <a href="https://www.seankgrady.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Environmental Transformation Podcast</a>, host <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-grady-chmm-9731658/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Sean Grady</a> sits down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-moore-5613983b5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Steve Moore</a>, president and CEO of <a href="https://www.vnsfederalservices.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Veolia Nuclear Solutions Federal Services Group</a>, to discuss the agency&#39;s most pressing environmental liabilities and innovative remediation technologies.</p><p><br></p><p>Moore describes the scale of the challenge: 56 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste currently stored in above-ground tanks at Hanford alone. He explains how Veolia&#39;s patented <a href="https://www.vnsfederalservices.com/solutions-technologies/using-geomelt-treat-reactive-metal-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">GeoMelt vitrification technology </a>transforms reactive metals and radioactive waste into stable glass, and discusses the company&#39;s operations of two of the largest radioactive waste landfills in the nation.</p><p><br></p><p>The conversation covers emerging opportunities to revitalize federal sites as data centers and advanced reactor facilities, the &quot;competetition&quot; model where contractors collaborate on complex projects, and why the nuclear remediation field offers meaningful careers for young professionals seeking challenging environmental work.</p><p><br></p>