The final wall of a 325,000-square-foot former uranium enrichment facility fell earlier in January, marking the completion of the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management’s largest demolition project yet at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Demolition of the Alpha-2 building by the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) cleared away a Manhattan Project-era facility, helping modernize the site to support important national security missions.
“This has been a massive undertaking,” said Alpha-2 Federal Project Director Morgan Carden. “The ability to not only complete a task of this scale, but achieving it months ahead of schedule, speaks volumes about the skill, expertise and commitment of this team.”…