UCOR Chief Nuclear Officer Jay Mullis recently participated in a panel discussion hosted by Anderson and Roane counties on how communities within 100 miles of the Oak Ridge Corridor could also see economic opportunities from the commercial nuclear renaissance shaping the region. More than 80 attendees from 20-plus counties in Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina attended the meeting. They heard from Mullis and representatives from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Tennessee Valley Authority.
“DOE and UCOR’s successful cleanup at ETTP has helped enable this renewed acceptance of commercial nuclear energy to meet our energy and security demands, such as Oklo’s announcement that it will build a $1.8 billion commercial fuel recycling facility that will employ 800 at ETTP,” said Mullis.
“Roane County is proud to be the new home of Oklo,” said Roane County Executive Wade Creswell. “This historic location decision validates our community’s commitment to nuclear energy, made possible only because of the extensive environmental cleanup efforts of the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management and its contractor, UCOR. Oklo’s presence in the Oak Ridge Corridor is proof that we are successfully completing ‘cleanup today for a nuclear tomorrow.’”
