Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is undergoing a cleanup effort, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM), along with cleanup contractor UCOR, has been hard at work reducing the number of high-risk excess contaminated facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
Teams have been clearing out hazards to open up space for researchers, increase safety, and reduce the potential amount of pollution these facilities contain. The most recent achievement by OREM and UCOR is the completion of the characterization of 21 hot cells (strongly shielded rooms designed to contain radioactive materials safely) in a Cold War facility…