Workers have completed soil remediation activities at ETTP. This work included removing building slabs and minor remaining structures and excavating contaminated soil. The site has been transformed into a multi-use industrial park, national park, and conservation area. More than 1,700 acres of land has been transferred for economic development. The K-25 History Center is now open at the site, and a viewing platform overlooking the historic K-25 Building footprint is under construction.
What's Happening Now
OVERVIEW OF CLEANUP PROGRESS
Under our previous contract, UCOR achieved the historic first-ever cleanup of a gaseous diffusion plant when the final unneeded building was brought down at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in 2020. The following information relates to the demolition of ETTP:
Buildings Demolished
MORE THAN 500
Square Feet UCOR has Demolished
7 MILLION
Property Transferred
1,700 Acres
Milestone Dates
0
Construction begins on the K-25 Site
0
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New gaseous diffusion
building constructed
0
Uranium enrichment
operations cease
0
Reindustrialization
activities begin
0
Historic cleanup of
ETTP achieved
0
Soil remediation
completed
The Past
ETTP’s origin dates back to the Manhattan Project. The site, previously known as the K-25 Site and the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, was built to process the uranium that would eventually be used to end World War II. Workers there then enriched uranium for defense and commercial purposes until the site was shut down in 1987. UCOR took over cleanup operations at the site in 2011, removing almost 7 million square feet of buildings.
