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Spending bill has $639 million for DOE cleanup in Oak Ridge

Posted at 5:30 pm March 29, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Y-12 Biology Complex aerial

An aerial view of the Biology Complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Plans call for eventually demolishing the complex. (Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Energy)

 

The federal spending bill approved last week includes $639 million for the federal government’s cleanup program in Oak Ridge, including what could be full funding for a top priority deactivation and demolition project at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

The $639 million for the current fiscal year is an increase of $141 million or more, compared to recent fiscal years, and it’s the most money appropriated in a while.

Besides Y-12, the fiscal year 2018 funding will be used for U.S. Department of Energy cleanup projects at East Tennessee Technology Park (the former K-25 site) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

“It’s very positive for us,” said Jay Mullis, manager of the DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, or OREM. Mullis gave a brief update at a meeting of the Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance on Monday.

In addition to $125 million to deactivate and demolish the Biology Complex at Y-12, the fiscal year 2018 spending bill includes $17.1 million in funding for the planned Mercury Treatment Facility at Y-12, about $200 million for continued cleanup work at ETTP, and a total of roughly $12 million for the Environmental Management Disposal Facility, or EMDF. That’s a proposed landfill that could be west of Y-12 and accept waste from future cleanup work at Y-12 and ORNL, possibly early in the 2020s. The project plan for EMDF is expected to be open to public comment later this summer. [Read more…]

Filed Under: DOE, East Tennessee Technology Park, Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Alpha 4, Barack Obama, Biology Complex, Bob Corker, Building 7500, Chuck Fleischmann, cleanup funding, cleanup program, cleanup work, COLEX, DOE, DOE cleanup, Donald Trump, East Tennessee Technology Park, EM, EMDF, environmental management, Environmental Management Disposal Facility, ETTP, Excess Contaminated Facilities, excess facilities, federal spending bill, Homogenous Reactor Experiment, Jay Mullis, Lamar Alexander, mercury abatement, Mercury Treatment Facility, Mike Koentop, National Nuclear Security Administration, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance, OREM, ORNL, risk reduction, spending bill, Trump administration, U.S. Department of Energy, UCOR, uranium processing facility, uranium-233, Y-12 National Security Complex

DOE Environmental Management has community budget workshop on Wednesday

Posted at 11:20 am April 27, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

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The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management is hosting its annual Community Budget Workshop on Wednesday, April 29.

The purpose of this year’s workshop is for interested members of the community and stakeholders to learn about our program’s top cleanup priorities, and to provide input on additional priorities that they would like OREM to consider as officials begin developing the Fiscal Year 2017 budget.

The workshop is scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, in the Pollard Auditorium at 210 Badger Avenue in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge Office, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: cleanup priorities, community budget workshop, Oak Ridge Office, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Oak Ridge Partnership, Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance, OREM, Pollard Auditorium, Site Specific Advisory Board, U.S. Department of Energy

Oak Ridge Reservation Alliance to meet April 27

Posted at 9:05 am April 22, 2015
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The Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance will meet on Monday, April 27, at 2 p.m. in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, DOE-Oversight Office, at 761 Emory Valley Road in Oak Ridge.

The meeting is open to the public.

Alliance representatives include Terry Frank, Tim Burchett, Bill James, Don Edwards, George Thacker, Warren Gooch, Amy Fitzgerald, Ron Woody, and Scott Stout.

See the agenda here: ORRCA Agenda April 27, 2015.

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: DOE-Oversight Office, Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance meets Feb. 4

Posted at 12:40 pm January 28, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance will meet on Wednesday, February 4, at 2 p.m. in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, DOE-Oversight Office, at 761 Emory Valley Road in Oak Ridge.

The Alliance includes Terry Frank, Tim Burchett, Garland Lankford, Don Edwards, George Thacker, Warren Gooch, Amy Fitzgerald, Ron Woody, and Scott Stout.

The meeting is open to the public.

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Knox County, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Office, Roane County, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: DOE-Oversight Office, Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

More weather-related closings, cancellations

Posted at 3:04 pm January 29, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Here are more weather-related closings on Wednesday and Thursday:

Due to unsafe road conditions, Waste Connections will not be running trash or recycling routes on Wednesday, Jan. 29. They will collect Wednesday routes on Thursday, Thursdays on Friday, and Fridays on Saturday. The convenience center will also be closed today (Wednesday), Oak Ridge officials said.

“Patience is appreciated,” they said.

Oak Ridge Schools will operate on a two-hour delay Thursday.

Anderson County Schools will be closed again Thursday due to the weather. All central office staff will follow the inclement weather procedure. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Top Stories, Weather Tagged With: Anderson County Schools, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance, Waste Connections, weather

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