No contamination, no injuries in small fire at waste processing center
Note: This story was updated at 9:03 a.m. No radiological or hazardous materials were released and no one was injured in a small fire at a waste processing center late Sunday night, federal officials...
View ArticleSunday alarm at waste processing center triggered by smoke from heater
It was initially believed to be triggered by a small fire, but federal officials now say the Sunday night alarm at a waste processing center in west Oak Ridge was set off by smoke. A ventilation system...
View ArticleDOE prepares to ‘recompete’ TRU Waste Processing Center contract
The U.S. Department of Energy is preparing to “recompete” the contract to manage the Transuranic Waste Processing Center off Highway 95 in west Oak Ridge. The facility is currently managed by a...
View ArticleDOE works with transuranic waste while NM facility shut down
In February 2014, two incidents at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, in New Mexico caused the shutdown of the only facility in the U.S. that permanently disposes of transuranic waste, or TRU...
View ArticleNew contractor operating Transuranic Waste Processing Center
Information from Oak Ridge Today and the January 2016 issue of “Advocate,” a publication of the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board North Wind Solutions took over the operation of the Transuranic...
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