Read the 2022 edition of the Cleanup Progress Report to learn about the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management's ongoing and recently completed projects.
Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management
January 4, 2023
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Cleanup Progress Report – 2022
Read the 2022 edition of the Cleanup Progress Report to learn about the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management's ongoing and recently completed projects. A summary of the topics is included below.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Upgrades complete, U-233 processing begins
- Reactors being prepared for demolition
- Workers deactivating Isotope Row facilities
- Final lab hot cell being prepared for removal
Y-12 National Security Complex
- Criticality Experiment Laboratory demolished
- Biology Complex slab removed
- Mercury Treatment Facility construction progressing
East Tennessee Technology Park
- Soil remediation eliminating hazards at ETTP
- Remediation focuses on groundwater protection
- Land transfer preparation and historic preservation advance
Waste Management
- Onsite disposal facilities enable cleanup progress
- Record of Decision signed for new disposal facility
- Sludge processing mock test facility completed