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Steps toward landfill for DOE demolition debris in Oak Ridge Oakridger The U.S. Department of Energy took another step toward a future landfill to store the debris from demolitions and cleanup of its old Oak Ridge buildings. DOE plans to put this landfill, called the Environmental Management Disposal Facility, in the Bear Creek Valley in Oak Ridge. The nearest residential area, Country Club Estates, is more than 0.8 miles from the central Bear Creek Valley site, while the Scarboro Community...

DOE awards Oak Ridge Y-12 team for substation project The Oak Ridger The Department of Energy gave a team at Oak Ridges Y-12 National Security Complex a DOE Secretary’s Project Management Achievement Award. Each year, the Department recognizes projects that have demonstrated excellence in project management, a news release stated. Specifically, the Secretarys Achievement Award is presented to project teams that have demonstrated significant results in completing projects under budget and ...

Jul 9, 2021 04:36 pm RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy has agreed to pay Nevada $65,000 after the government mislabeled and mischaracterized low-level radioactive waste that was shipped to a disposal site north of Las Vegas for more than five years. The settlement agreement announced Thursday certifies that multiple changes have been made to prevent unapproved waste from being shipped and disposed of at the Nevada National Security Site in the future, state and federal officials...

  The waste shipped from the Y-12 National Security Complex that violated a solid waste permit in Nevada included small volumes of pressurized, non-flammable gases and an energetic material, but the shipments did not pose a safety risk, the U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday. “These items were contained within a sealed, thick steel assembly that was disposed within a large metal box,” DOE said in response to questions. “Though the presence of these internal items were not known at ...

Soil being removed for Y-12 fire station Posted at Soil is being removed for a new fire station at the Y-12 National Security Complex. (Photo by Y-12) About 15,000 cubic yards of soil needs to be excavated to flatten a site for a new fire station at the Y-12 National Security Complex, and almost half of the soil has been removed so far, officials said this week. The new fire station is one of several under construction at Y-12. Others include an emergency operations center and the Uranium Proc...

Four Anderson County middle school teams, working with local businesses, created videos that received more than 14,000 online votes.

DOE/NNSA which includes Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge will host a virtual job fair June 23.

Y-12 donates $8,500 for Scarboro graduates, honoring Oak Ridge 85 Posted at Dorothy Kirk Lewis and L.C. Gipson, members of the Oak Ridge 85, hold the check representing the $8,500 donation from Consolidated Nuclear Security given in their honor. (Photo courtesy CNS/Y-12) At the conclusion of a school year during which Oak Ridge commemorated the 65th anniversary of the integration of Oak Ridge High School and Robertsville Junior High, the Scarboro Alumni Association received an $8,500 dona...

UCOR has boosted its partnership with Roane State with a record $50,000 donation evenly divided between two of the community college’s programs.

Consolidated Nuclear Security will host a Partners in Excellence virtual business forum June 24 to give info on doing business with Oak Ridges Y-12.