The final wall of a 325,000-square-foot former uranium enrichment facility fell last week, marking the completion of the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management’s largest demolition project yet at Y-12 National Security Complex. January 27, 2026
Sharing knowledge of the best approaches to deactivating process buildings is one of the ways the two Portsmouth Paducah Project Office sites align to advance cleanup of former uranium enrichment plants and free up land for America’s golden era of energy dominance and strong national security. January 27, 2026
Building on the groundwork laid in 2025, the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its contractors are set to achieve significant progress in 2026. January 13, 2026
A U.S. Department of Energy collaboration led by the Office of Environment Management has saved $250,000 by empowering federal and contractor team members at program offices and field sites across the complex to share excess materials and equipment among themselves, reducing costs for new projects, maintenance and disposition. January 13, 2026
Crews removed 64 million pounds of waste from Oak Ridge’s cleanup sites in 2025, a tally showcasing the pace and progress of projects clearing away old infrastructure and preparing numerous buildings for demolition. December 23, 2025
Crews recently reduced the legacy footprint at the Savannah River Site by demolishing two structures surrounding a facility that once helped power deep-space missions such as Galileo, Ulysses and Cassini. December 23, 2025
The Idaho Cleanup Project has closed the first chapter of cleanup of three legacy nuclear propulsion prototypes at the Naval Reactors Facility by completing deactivation and demolition of the defueled Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse — the historic Navy prototype that helped develop the first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus. December 23, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management will demolish two buildings and address potentially contaminated soil in the project footprint in the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory’s C-Area, where legacy facilities were used to support design and development of nuclear propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy. December 9, 2025
Cleanup crews continued shrinking the legacy footprint on the 300-square-mile Savannah River Site when they recently removed a water tower that had become a safety hazard after it was taken out of service years ago. December 9, 2025
Insight and a questioning attitude from a project manager has led the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management to accelerate one of the largest demolitions on the horizon at the Y-12 National Security Complex and help avoid millions of dollars in costs to taxpayers. November 25, 2025