Read the 2023 edition of the Cleanup Progress Report to learn about the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management's ongoing and recently completed projects.
Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management
November 27, 2023
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Cleanup Progress Report – 2023
Read the 2023 edition of the Cleanup Progress Report to learn about the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management's ongoing and recently completed projects. A summary of the topics is included below.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Demolition of second reactor complete
- U-233 processing underway
- Highly irradiated component removed from hot cell
- Graphite Reactor support facilities prepped for demolition
Y-12 National Security Complex
- Biology Complex site transferred
- Deactivation continues on processing facilities
- Mercury Treatment Facility construction progressing
East Tennessee Technology Park
- First-of-a-kind remediation used on Poplar Creek mudflat
- Soil remediation nearing completion
- Focus shifting to groundwater at ETTP
Waste Management
- Ground broken for new disposal facility
- TWPC focusing on TRU legacy difficult waste
- Continued monitoring measures protectivenss