MOAB, Utah – Crews from EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project loaded and shipped the 10 millionth ton of uranium mill tailings to a dedicated disposal cell, a significant milestone in the 10-year-old cleanup. The Moab Project’s Sept. 16 achievement means more than 62 percent of...
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North Wind Solutions Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) project is proud to have been recertified as a STAR site under the Department of Energy Voluntary Protection Program (DOE-VPP) and to have received the distinguished Star of Excellence Award. The criteria for “Star of Excellence” sites include approaching a recordable...
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Idaho Falls, Idaho –North Wind Group is pleased to announce that the 18th Annual Tom Sherwood Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Idaho State University (ISU) student, Heather Phillips, for $7,872. “North Wind and the supporting companies are proud to continuously support such a deserving scholarship fund, as we feel...
Read More »North Wind Group is thrilled to announce moving up to #45 on the 2019 Environmental News Record (ENR) Top 200 Environmental Firms list. Since 2015, North Wind has moved up a total 64 spots in the ranking! ENR annually ranks the top environmental services firms based on the %...
Read More »Robert (Joseph) Bonner, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), brings an extensive background in Information Technology (IT) and specializes in Cyber Security, and has joined North Wind as Cyber Security Manager. “We are thrilled to hire Joseph, he will be a tremendous asset to North Wind,” said Jim Furr,...
Read More »June 13, 2019 Media Contact: John Dobken, (626) 302-2255 ROSEMEAD, Calif., June 13, 2019 — Southern California Edison (SCE) today awarded a consulting contract to North Wind, Inc. to develop a strategic plan that will assess the feasibility of relocating spent nuclear fuel at the San Onofre nuclear plant...
Read More »Kudos to the NW Moab Project team!!! Press release from DOE:(Grand Junction, CO) ― The U.S. Department of Energy’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project hit a major milestone last week achieving 1,000 work days without a lost-time injury or illness as defined by the Occupational Safety...
Read More »Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar visited Oak Ridge in early May 2019, where they learned about a partnership between Environmental Management and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science to identify effective and affordable solutions for mercury cleanup that can be used...
Read More »This month marks the 10th anniversary of the first rail shipment of radioactive tailings from the “Pile” near the banks of the Colorado River – North Wind Portage has been DOE’s prime contractor for 7.5 of those 10 years and has safely removed and placed over 7 million tons...
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