HOUSE
HOUSE THURSDAY IT SIX IDEAS RANGE FROM INCORPORATING INTO
REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AS
WELL. MANY OF THE SNOW OAK
RIDGE AS4@ THE SECRET CITY BUT
IT'S CERTAINLY NO SECRET
THE RESERVATION A BIG ROLE
DURING THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
AND4@ THE COLD WAR
THE HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATED
FROM THOSE OPERATIONS LAND OF
THE RESERVATION AS AN EPA
DESIGNATED SUPERFUND SITE IN
OUR WEEKLONG SERIES ABOUT4@
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE. WBIR
TENDS REPORTER STEPHANIE
HAYNES TAKES US INSIDE OAK
RIDGE AND ITS CLEANUP4@ PROCESS
STEPHANIE ROBIN AND JOHN OAK4@
RIDGE DOES MAJOR RESEARCH FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY FOR
THE WORK ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY4@ SO TO DEPARTMENT IS IN
CHARGE THE CLEANUP. I ALSO
TALKED A TIDAK SCENE COUNTY
LEADERS AND OVERSIGHT BOARDS
MAYBELLINE OAK RIDGE
RESERVATION4@ IS A HIGHLY
REGULATED WELL FUNDED CLEANUP
PROJECT. THESE PEOPLE ARE
PROUD THE WORK
THE RESERVATION IS DOING BUT
CLEANUP WILL TAKE A LONGTIME
SEVENTY FIVE YEARS AGO IN
THE QUITE4@ HILLS4@ THE EAST
TENNESSEE SECRET CITY EMERGED
IN4@ BREAK SEEN URANIUM TO FUEL
THE WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
AND DEMONSTRATI4@NG PILOT SCALE
PRODUCTION OF PLUTONIUM4@ IN
N4@UCLEAR REACTOR IN THE YEARS
FOLLOWING ITS RESEARCH
ADMISSIONS4@ HELPS KEEP THE US
FROM THE BRINK OF COLD WAR
DESTRUCTION4@4@ THE NOW DECADES
LATER WE ARE STILL CLEANING
UP4@ FROM THAT HISTORIC ROLE
THE IN OUR SOLE MISSION IS TO
CLEAN UP THE SIDES GAME ELISE
IS THE MANAGER OF THE OAK
RIDGE4@ OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT'S IN NINETEEN
EIGHTY NINE4@ EPA DESIGNATED
THE OAK RIDGE RESERVATION AT
THE SUPERFUND SITES
RESERVATION4@ ENCOMPASSES TO
READ MAJOR FACILITIES THE O
GRADES NATIONAL LABORATORY
WHY TWELVE4@ NATIONAL SECURITY
COMPLEX AND EAST TENNESSEE
TECHNOLOGY PARK OR4@ E T T P
AND FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE K
TWENTY FIVE THANKS
CONTAMINATION IS MOSTLY
LOCATED IN THESE AREAS WHERE
THE4@ IS NOT ALLOWED STARTING
WITH THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL
LABORATORY WHERE MAJOR
DEMOLITION WORK4@ HAS NOT GET
STARTED SOMEONE HUNDRED
TWENTY FACILITIES LIKE THESE
CONTAIN4@4@ ALONG LIST OF
RADIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL
HAZARDS THE FACILITIES ARE NO
LONGER USED AND THEY4@ ARE
HEAVILY SHIELDED MOST
FACILITIES WOULD NOT HARM A
PERSON BY IN SOME PARTS OF
THE OLD REACTOR FACILITIES IF
YOU SPENT AN HOUR INSIDE YOU
COULD GET A LETHAL DOSE OF4@
RADIATION SO WE'VE BEEN DOING
IS GOING AFTER THE HAZARDOUS
MATERIAL THE TRYING TO4@ GET
THAT OUT FACILITY AND4@
STABILIZE SOON AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE A FACILITY FROM
THE NINETEEN SIXTIES
THE SUMMIT MAINTAINED TENS TO
DEGRADE OVER TIME PROJECT
THE GOVERNMENT TAKES
SERIOUSLY THIS YEAR CONGRESS4@
GAVE SIX H4@UNDRED AND FORTY
MILLION DOLLARS4@ TO CLEANUP
EFFORTS UP FROM THE FOUR
HUNDRED MILLION RANGE4@ OVER
THE PAST FIVE YEARS BUT STILL
MOLLY SAYS THERE'S NO
SPECIFIC DATE FOR COMPLETE
CLEANUP. SO THERE'S DECADES
WORTH OF WORK LEFT HERE IN
OAK RIDGE CLEANUP AT OTHER
SITES4@ IS FURTHER ALONG QUITE
WELL. THE CHALLENGE IS MAINLY
MERCURY DURING THE NINETEEN
FIFTIES AND EARLY NINETEEN
SIXTIES MORE THAN T4@WENTY
MILLION POUNDS OF MERCURY
WERE USED FOR LITHIUM
SEPARATION SO THERE IS ABOUT
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS
OF MERCURY DEALS LAST
ENVIRONMENT OVER WATCH4@ WILL
DEAL HE HAS DONE MAJOR WORK
TO RECOVER EIGHT YEARS AGO
LIKELY UP ON SITE4@ IS STILL
COMPLICATED. THERE WERE THREE
LARGE BUILDINGS OVER WATCH
WILL THAT USE MERCURY
CONTAMINATED SOILS4@
CONTAMINATED SOILS4@ CONTAMINATED BUILDING
CONTAMINATED BUILDING STRUCTURES THEMSELVES AND
WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER
THE YEARS IF WE GO DISTURB4@
THE SOLES ARE THERE WILL HAVE
A HIGH FLUX4@ MERCURY THAT WILL
GET INTO THE CREEK4@ THE TO
SELL THE OFF IS BUILDING A
MERCURY TREATMENT FACILITY TO
TRY TO HELP REDUCE RELEASE IS
ESPECIALLY AS THEY4@ PREPARE TO
REMOVE SOME OF THE FACILITIES
THEY AIM TO HAVE
THE TREATMENT CENTER RUNNING
IN TWENTY TWENTY4@ FOUR AT ECP
THE NEARLY COMPLETES OUT HERE
WILL BE DONE WITH A MAJOR D
AND D EFFORTS AND TWENTY
TWENTY MAIN CONTAMINANTS HERE
WAS URANIUM AND SO WE WE
BASICALLY CLEAN THE VAST
MAJORITY THAT4@ UP TOWARDS
PROCESS BUILDINGS AHEAD
MAJORITY URANIUM ARE GONE NOW
NOW THE PLANET TO DEVELOP
THE FORMER K TWENTY FIVE SITE
INCH OF LAND FOR PRIVATE
SECTOR INDUSTRY AS AN TWENTY
SIX SEEM MORE THAN TWENTY
BUSINESSES HAVE STARTED
OPERATING THEIR THE SITE ALSO
HAS4@ A THREE THOUSAND4@ ACRE
NATURE PRESERVE AND PLANS FOR
NATIONAL PARK ARE IN
THE WORKS AND ON WBIR GOT CON
YOU CAN HEAR FROM SENATOR
LAMAR ALEXANDER ABOUT HIS
THOUGHTS ON4@ CLEAN GRADES AND
THE OVERALL SUPERFUND PROGRAM
JUST THE SAYS SEVENTY ARE
THEIR HEALTH RISKS4@ WHEN IT
COMES TO4@ THE CONTAMINANTS AT
THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH
REPORTS SHOW ONLINE THAT
MERCURY URANIUM ARE NOT A
HEALTH HAZARD WILL HAVE THOSE
REPORTS4@ TO ANCHOR WAS IN AS
WELL. SO WHAT IS NEXT YEAR'S
TOMORROW WILL TAKE YOU TO
HERE IN TENNESSEE ALONG
THE