OREM News Archive

A longstanding cleanup goal is now within view at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).

OREM cleanup contractor URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) earned almost $3.3 million for its performance from April through September 2017.

OREM posted another strong year in 2017—pushing forward on efforts that are removing economic barriers and enabling important DOE missions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In late December, EM published its 2017 Year in Review, outlining cleanup achievements across the DOE complex.

Workers recently demolished a sanitary sewage treatment facility, moving the DOE’s OREM closer to completing major cleanup at ETTP by 2020.

Lawmakers, environmental regulators, and top DOE officials broke ground on the Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

EM Update recently spoke with the new manager of the Oak Ridge Office of EM (OREM) about his vision and priorities for the EM program at OREM.

On Nov. 20, DOE broke ground on a new Mercury Treatment Facility at Y-12 that will enable large scale cleanup at the site.

DOE announced the selection of Jay Mullis as the manager of the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management.

At least 11 prime cleanup contractors across the EM complex surpassed annual goals for subcontracting with small businesses in fiscal year 2017.

DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of EM recently previewed the K-25 History Center and launched a project to share the site’s history at an event.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has appointed six new members to the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management’s (OREM) local environmental adv

Workers recently surpassed the halfway mark removing asbestos from a former research reactor.

OREM is hosting a celebratory event to formally launch a multi-phase project for historic preservation at ETTP.

Reindustrialization efforts at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) have brought new life to an old barge access area out of service for decades.

EM contractors across the complex were recognized for safety and health excellence in DOE’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) at a recent symposium.

EM recently achieved a significant milestone when the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant received its 50th transuranic (TRU) waste shipment since April 7.

Thousands of spectators at four EM sites witnessed day turn to night as they stood in the path of totality of the historic solar eclipse on Aug. 21.

For the first time since 2012, processed and treated transuranic waste is leaving Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center for disposal.

Workers began demolishing the Poplar Creek facilities this month, bringing Oak Ridge’s EM program closer to completing major cleanup at ETTP by 2020.

Field work and cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park’s K-732 Switchyard are scheduled to be completed this month.

OREM cleanup contractor URS|CH2M Oak Ridge LLC earned almost $3.4 million for its performance from October 2016 - March 2017 nearly 93% fee available.

OREM cleanup contractor URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) was among 11 winners internationally of the Environmental Health & Safety Innovation Awards.

DOE awarded Pro2Serve a five year contract to provide technical support services to OREM.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Processing and shipping the inventory of transuranic waste offsite is one of the EM program’s most important near-term commi...