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Excess Facilities Among Topics at EMAB Meeting

The Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB) held a public meeting April 4 and 5 in which participants discussed knowledge management, excess facilities and potential infrastructure opportunities.

Office of Environmental Management

April 13, 2017
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Members of the Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB) are pictured with EM federal and contractor employees in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

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The Environmental Management Advisory Board deliberates during its public meeting in Oak Ridge earlier this month.

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The Environmental Management Advisory Board and EM federal and contractor staff view a reactor pool while touring Building 3010, a former research reactor facility, at EM’s Oak Ridge Site.

The Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB) held a public meeting April 4 and 5 in which participants discussed knowledge management, excess facilities and potential infrastructure opportunities.   Board members gave EM management recommendations on these topics. Acting EM Assistant Secretary Sue Cange and EM Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Stacy Charboneau attended the meeting. EMAB was established in 1992 to provide the Assistant Secretary of Environmental Management with information, advice and recommendations on issues affecting the EM program.  

The Environmental Management Advisory Board and EM federal and contractor staff toured Building 3010, a former research reactor facility, at EM’s Oak Ridge Site. During the tour, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management staff discussed excess facilities at the site, and showed the board members examples of ongoing and completed risk reduction work.

 

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