A pump truck, stationed outside a high-security area in the heart of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory central campus, uses 400 feet of piping to fill underground ducts with a cement mixture. This task isolates Building 3002 from neighboring facilities for safe demolition. Image by United Cleanup Oak Ridge
OAK RIDGE, TN – Cleanup contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) has filled 120 feet of underground ductwork connecting multiple facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) central campus with a cement mixture to isolate them for safe demolition and avoid potential impacts to neighboring buildings.
UCOR and the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management completed the project to prepare for demolition of Building 3002, a former filter house used to clean exhaust from the nearby historic Graphite Reactor. The two buildings are connected by the concrete ductwork, which posed a potential pathway for contaminants when the demolition begins…