Demolition of the K-25 Building’s remaining section continues as the contractor performing the work hit a waste disposal milestone last month. (Photos courtesy DOE Oak Ridge Office/Public Involvement News)
Demolition of the K-25 Building’s remaining section continues as the contractor performing the work hit a waste disposal milestone last month, officials said.
UCOR, a partnership between URS and CH2M Oak Ridge LLC, has safely shipped more than 20,000 loads of demolition debris from the K-25 project, according to the November 2013 issue of Public Involvement News, published by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office.
Most of the debris is being disposed at the Environmental Management Waste Management Facility near the Y-12 National Security Complex.
“Demolition continues at a steady pace, with the project expected to be completed next year,” the monthly newsletter said.
UCOR has safely shipped more than 20,000 loads of demolition debris from the K-25 project.
Demolition work began in September on the last section of the historic K-25 Building. That section included six units on the east wing of the building, which was once U-shaped and a mile long. The entire building once contained 54 units.
K-25 was erected to enrich uranium for atomic bombs during World War II and was once the world’s largest building under one roof.
Most of the building, which is in west Oak Ridge, was demolished earlier.
K-25 was built during the top-secret Manhattan Project in World War II to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons through a process known as gaseous diffusion. Those operations ended in 1964.
The building is at the former K-25 site, which is now known as Heritage Center and is slowly being converted into a massive industrial park.
UCOR is the U.S. Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge.
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