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Our Mission


The mission of the Office of Environmental Management (EM) is to complete the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from five decades of nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.

The EM program has made significant progress in the last four years in shifting away from risk management to embracing a mission completion philosophy based on reducing risk and reducing environmental liability.
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2011 Budget


EM BudgetThe EM FY 2011 budget request totals $6.0 billion, an increase of $39 million from the EM FY 2010 appropriation. The EM FY 2011 request places a priority on balancing risk reduction and regulatory requirements, while continuing the Department’s commitment to the highest level of safety performance standards.

The priorities reflected in this request are important not only to the success of the cleanup program, but to the communities and states in which the sites are located.

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Recovery Act


America Recovery and ReInvestment Act

Learn how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is advancing the EM Mission.

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