[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, REUSE: "Oak Ridge [TN] cleanup gains momentum"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Oak Ridge cleanup gains momentum


Oak Ridge Office of the Department of Energy
OakRidger (TN)
February 1, 2012


OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - There is a noticeable "buzz" around Oak Ridge.

In the Chamber of Commerce, at the Friday morning meetings of the  
East Tennessee Economic Council and in countless receptions around  
town, a frequent topic of conversation has been a series of  
significant accomplishments in environmental cleanup activities on  
the Oak Ridge Reservation.

The progress is welcome news to a community that for two decades has  
been trying to reverse the image created by the contamination of  
buildings, soil and water during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War.

With a budget of more than $400 million for 2012, the commitment by  
the Department of Energy to remove these environmental legacies  
represents the largest clean-up project in Tennessee’s history.


...

For the entire release, see
http://www.oakridger.com/topstories/x715341583/Oak-Ridge-cleanup- 
gains-momentum

See subequent two releases at
http://www.oakridger.com/archive/x370665958/A-New-Day-Cleanup- 
accelerates-at-East-Tennessee-Technology-Park and
http://www.oakridger.com/topstories/x1393362753/Removing-risks-in-the- 
heart-of-Oak-Ridge-National-Lab

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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