Deactivation & Decommissioning News
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April 3, 2018DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its cleanup contractor URS|CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) finished removing more than 25,000 feetOffice of Environmental Management
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March 28, 2018EM & contractor officials last week highlighted progress with cleanup projects underway at the former Portsmouth and Paducah gaseous diffusion plants.Office of Environmental Management
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March 20, 2018Four Vitrification Facility hot cell coolers safely removed for packaging and shipmentOffice of Environmental Management
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February 27, 2018Soil remediation has become a larger part of cleanup at ETTP since workers safely demolished many of the contaminated and unneeded buildings.Office of Environmental Management
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February 6, 2018Oak Ridge’s EM program and cleanup contractor URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) have begun demolishing the Central Neutralization Facility at ETTP.Office of Environmental Management
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January 30, 2018A longstanding cleanup goal is now within view at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).Office of Environmental Management
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January 30, 2018Workers at EM’s Hanford Site recently entered the 100 K East Reactor to begin preliminary plans for interim stabilization of the reactor or cocooning.Office of Environmental Management
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January 23, 2018EM joined government agencies, regulators, and others from around the world to discuss best practices and challenges of in situ decommissioning (ISD).Office of Environmental Management
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December 19, 2017Kelly Wooley helps lead one of the most challenging demolition projects across the EM complex.Office of Environmental Management
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December 19, 2017Workers recently demolished a sanitary sewage treatment facility, moving the DOE’s OREM closer to completing major cleanup at ETTP by 2020.Office of Environmental Management