Deactivation & Decommissioning News
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October 20, 2020Demolition crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently demolished an acid recovery cell airlock and lift table.Office of Environmental Management
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October 14, 2020Dan Brouillette joined state & community leaders in Oak Ridge to celebrate the historic first-ever removal of a former uranium enrichment complex.Office of Environmental Management
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October 13, 2020A decades-long effort to clean and transform the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant is complete.Office of Environmental Management
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October 13, 2020The K-25 site, now called the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), was built in 1943 in a rural region of East Tennessee.Office of Environmental Management
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October 13, 2020Almost 25 years ago, when the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant sat shuttered with dilapidated, contaminated buildings.Office of Environmental Management
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October 13, 2020From a more efficient approach for disposing debris to a digital-based monitoring system that helps detect and prevent heat stress.Office of Environmental Management
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October 13, 2020While DOE’s OREM celebrates a historic achievement at ETTP, more work is needed to address old, contaminated structures and modernize other portions.Office of Environmental Management
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October 13, 2020Several generations of employees have worked at the former K-25 site, supporting efforts to produce enriched uranium, and to clean up the site.Office of Environmental Management
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October 13, 2020Members of the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board (ORSSAB) expressed pride as DOE’s OREM transformed ETTP for new uses they helped chart.Office of Environmental Management
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October 6, 2020The final unneeded structure at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) has been torn down.Office of Environmental Management