For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Smith fran.smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., Feb. 26, 2013 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR) has removed the highest risk components remaining in the East Tennessee Technology Park’s (ETTP) K-27 building, with the successful crane removal of six components known as NaF traps. The K-27 building is…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Smith fran.smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., January 23, 2013 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR) completed demolition on the north end of the K-25 building today, signifying the next major step toward completing demolition of the Manhattan Project-era building. Building K-25 represents the largest demolition project ongoing…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Smith fran.smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., December 21, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has shipped its 15,000th load of demolition debris from the K-25 building at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). The 15,000 loads represent approximately 2 million square feet of the deteriorated former…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Smith fran.smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., December 19, 2012 – A one-of-a-kind waste incinerator, which began operations at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) more than 20 years ago, has been safely shut down. When the Toxic Substances Control Act Incinerator (TSCAI) began operations in 1990, the intent was…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Smith fran.smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., November 6, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR) has removed one of the highest risk components remaining in the East Tennessee Technology Park’s (ETTP) K-25 building, with the successful crane removal of five components known as NaF traps. The NaF…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Smith fran.smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., October 24, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR) started demolition on the north end of the K-25 Building today, signifying the next major step toward completing demolition of the Manhattan Project-era building. The K-25 Building, located at the East Tennessee…
For Immediate Release Contact: Wayne McKinney wayne.mckinney@ettp.doe.gov (865) 576-6284 Oak Ridge, Tenn., Sept. 14, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has completed demolition activities on the K-25 Building’s east wing and is moving on to demolishing the north end. The K-25 Building, located at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), was a former…
For Immediate Release Contact: Wayne McKinney wayne.mckinney@ettp.doe.gov (865) 576-6284 Oak Ridge, Tenn., Sept. 10, 2012 – The final shipment has been made of a stockpile of unusual waste types stored at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). The classified, radioactive contaminated waste, which requires off-site disposal, was stored in Vault 1X at the K-25 Building. It…
For Immediate Release Contact: Wayne McKinney wayne.mckinney@ettp.doe.gov (865) 576-6284 Oak Ridge, Tenn., Aug. 28, 2012 – East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) has become the first U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management site to receive the Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC) platinum award. The FEC is a partnership program that encourages federal facilities and agencies to…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Smith fran.smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., August 10, 2012 – Members of the United Steel Workers Local #9-288, Oak Ridge Tennessee, ratified a new four-year agreement last night with URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) for work being performed at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). UCOR is…
