CLEANUP
Congressional, State Officials Join Energy Secretary Brouillette in Recognizing Historic Oak Ridge Cleanup Accomplishment
DOE-EM | 10/14/2020
Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette joined U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, and other state and community leaders in Oak Ridge on Oct. 13 to celebrate the historic first-ever removal of a former uranium enrichment complex. Read more about this EM achievement here.
“We are not only celebrating reaching this achievement, but also how this achievement will impact the future of this region moving forward,” Brouillette said. “We turned what was once an expensive government liability that presented risks to the community into an asset that the community can use to usher in new growth for East Tennessee.”
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its cleanup contractor, UCOR, have been working toward Vision 2020, the ambitious goal to complete major environmental cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) by the end of 2020. The effort, which began in the early 2000s, involved removing more than 500 deteriorated and contaminated buildings that could span the footprint of 225 football fields.
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Following the event celebrating the achievement of Vision 2020 at Oak Ridge, attendees gathered for a tree planting and dedicated a small park named Crossroads Common at the East Tennessee Technology Park, recognizing the trailblazers who built, operated, and safely cleaned the site. From
left are Roane County Mayor Ron Woody, EM Senior Advisor William "Ike" White, Jacobs CEO Steve Demetriou, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management Manager Jay Mullis, UCOR President and CEO Ken Rueter, Amentum CEO John Vollmer, and Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch.
ECA Chair and Roane County Mayor Ron Woody is extremely proud of the work that has been done in his community. Mayor Woody commented that "it was a great day in Roane County and Oak Ridge as the community celebrated with our DOE leadership, government officials, contractors and the craft men and women such a historical moment with the successful completion of Vision 2020 Done Teardown and Turnover. Much has been accomplished over the last decade
in razing the former K-25 facilities and beginning the process of transformation to ETTP Industrial Park, 709th National Historical park, and Nature and Green Space Park."
Don't forget to register for the upcoming Advancing Alliances: STEM and Workforce Development webinar!
The Advancing Alliances: STEM and Workforce webinar will be held virtually on Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:00 PM to 3:15 PM ET.
ECA will address STEM initiatives as they related to workforce development and training across the nuclear complex.
ECA welcomes Dr. Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as the opening keynote speaker.
The webinar agenda can be viewed here.
Registration is free.
Registration and more information can be found here.
STEM EDUCATION
First virtual Nuclear Science Week offers events for all ages
INL | 10/15/2020
In keeping with the times, Nuclear Science Week, now in its 10th year, will be having a virtual celebration rather than its customary “Big Event.” Idaho National Laboratory is organizing numerous events for elementary school students, young professionals, teachers and professional organizations.
The theme for 2020 is “Think Clean – Think Solutions – Think Nuclear,” and events throughout the week, Oct. 19-23, are aimed at educating the public about five pillars of nuclear science: Carbon-Free Energy, Global Leadership, Transformative Health Care, Innovation & Technology, and Space Exploration.
“Nuclear Science Week is a great opportunity to highlight the nuclear science and innovation happening right here in Idaho and to inspire curiosity in students of all ages,” said Jennifer Jackson, who leads INL’s K-12 STEM Education Program. “We’ll be offering STEM education kits with swag, videos, scholarships, webinars, free digital curriculum and more throughout the week.”
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Interested in learning more? Read the ECA report “Making Informed Decisions on DOE's Proposed High Level Waste Definition” at www.energyca.org/publications
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