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Navarro Research, Engineering buys Tech 2020 building

Posted at 10:45 am July 25, 2016
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Navarro Research and Engineering Inc. acquired the Tech 2020 building late last week, the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce said Monday, July 25, 2016. The purchase of the building will allow the company’s corporate headquarters to remain in Oak Ridge, retaining more than 100 jobs in the community. The board of directors for Technology 2020 voted Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, to wind down operations after more than two decades of operations. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Navarro Research and Engineering Inc. acquired the Tech 2020 building in Oak Ridge late last week. The purchase of the building will allow the company’s corporate headquarters to remain in Oak Ridge, retaining more than 100 jobs in the community, a press release said.

The Tech 2020 building was placed on the market following the January 2016 announcement that the organization would be winding down operations. Tech 2020 was a nonprofit organization that had focused on technology-based entrepreneurial support and access to capital. The organization contributed to the success of several area start-ups.

“We are pleased that Navarro has found a new home in the Tech 2020 building,” said Phil Andrews, chief financial officer of Oak Ridge Associated Universities and chair of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors. “It’s a win for the community to be able to keep the company and employees in Oak Ridge. The fact that the company has purchased a building, rather than leasing or renting one, shows the kind of commitment Navarro has to the city.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Slider Tagged With: environmental remediation, Navarro Research and Engineering Inc., nuclear services, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Parker Hardy, Phil Andrews, Susana Navarro-Valenti, Tech 20/20, Technology 2020, Waste Management

New DOE plan calls for research, technology to help fight mercury contamination, including in Oak Ridge

Posted at 2:42 am June 7, 2016
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Y-12 Process Buildings and Mercury Use Area

Y-12 Process Buildings and Mercury Use Area

 

U.S. Department of Energy officials have released a new plan to address mercury contamination at the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee and Savannah River Site in South Carolina. It advocates for research and the development of technologies that could resolve key technical uncertainties with mercury in environmental remediation, the deactivation and decommissioning of facilities, and processing waste in tanks.

The Oak Ridge Reservation and Savannah River Site both used mercury in industrial-scale processes. At the Oak Ridge Reservation, large quantities of mercury were used at the Y-12 National Security Complex from the early 1950s until the early 1960s. During the peak period of operations, according to estimates from the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, or OREM, 700,000 pounds of a total 20 million pounds of mercury that were used were released into the surrounding environment.

Ongoing mercury abatement and remediation efforts at Y-12 that began in the 1980s have decreased overall mercury releases to the environment, the DOE Office of Environmental Management, or EM, said in a May 31 newsletter.

But elevated concentrations remain in certain water, soil, and facilities, federal officials said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge Office, Oak Ridge Reservation, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: DOE Office of Environmental Management, EM, environmental remediation, Lower East Fork Poplar Creek, mercury, mercury contamination, Mercury Treatment Facility, methylmercury, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Oak Ridge Reservation, OREM, Savannah River Site, SRS, U.S. Department of Energy, Upper East Fork Poplar Creek, Y-12 National Security Complex

RSI names new president, will succeed company founder

Posted at 1:14 pm February 25, 2014
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Paul Clay and RSI

Paul Clay has been named president of Restoration Services Inc., or RSI.

Restoration Services Inc., or RSI, has named a new president.

Paul Clay will succeed company founder and outgoing president Staci Ferguson, a press release said. Ferguson will continue as vice president of corporate relations.

RSI is a small employee-owned environmental and project management services company that has its headquarters in Oak Ridge. Its clients include the U.S. Department of Energy, Tennessee Valley Authority, and UCOR, DOE’s cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge.

Clay joined RSI in 2008 as director of environment, safety, health, and quality, the press release said. Before joining RSI, he worked for Jacobs Engineering Group, where he was vice president and deputy general manager for the Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC joint venture in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Office, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: cleanup, DOE, environmental remediation, Jacobs Engineering Group, Paul Clay, Peter Caswell, project management, renewable energy, Restoration Services Inc., Rick Ferguson, RSI, Staci Ferguson, U.S. Department of Energy, UCOR

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