Caucus Hones in on Digital Tools to Advance Cleanup, Support Worker Safety

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) leaders participated in a U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus event last week focused on how best to manage, deploy and use digital tools in the EM program to accelerate cleanup and strengthen worker safety.

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee, caucus chair, shared remarks on the topic of digital transformation at the July 23 event. At top left, he is pictured with EM Senior Advisor Candice Robertson, and at bottom left with EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery.

At bottom right, Robertson, far right, and Helena Fu, director of the DOE Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies, look on as moderator Mark Whitney, vice chairman of the Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) and president of National Security, Amentum, speaks at the event.

Interest surrounding digital transformation is growing, and attendees continued the discussion on opportunities to use new and existing digital tools to enhance success at EM's 15 cleanup sites. The caucus event, the second this year, was hosted by EFCOG, the Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association and Nuclear Energy Institute.

-Contributor: Carly Howard, Matt Roberts