Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) of Germantown, MD, the Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup Contract (ORRCC) at the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) in Oak Ridge, TN.

EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project recently accomplished an EM 2021 priority by successfully relocating another million tons of uranium mill tailings away from the Colorado River.

EM has authorized the use of a second mega-volume saltstone disposal unit (SDU) at Savannah River Site (SRS) after the project was completed ahead of schedule and under cost.

Mark Gilbertson is retiring at the end of October after more than 40 years of private and public sector service, including more than 25 years in leadership positions in EM.