Still on: AFORR annual meeting today to feature well-known photographer
Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation will hold its annual meeting in the Social Room of the Oak Ridge Civic Center at 7 p.m. today (Thursday, February 26). The featured speaker is Ron McConathy, a...
View ArticleFive more spring nature walks planned on Oak Ridge Reservation
Five more nature walks are planned this spring on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Reservation with themes of frog calls and bat monitoring, wildflowers and forest growth, bird watching,...
View ArticleDOE offers expanded public bus tours of federal sites in Oak Ridge
The U.S. Department of Energy’s public bus tour of federal sites in Oak Ridge is now offered to visitors nine months out of the year, versus only summer months as in the past. This popular tour of...
View ArticleDOE Oak Ridge awards $33.4 million telecommunications contract
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Integrated Support Center-Oak Ridge has awarded a $33.4 million telecommunications contract to Mutual Telecom Services Inc., doing business as Black Box Network...
View ArticleControlled burns scheduled on Oak Ridge Reservation
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office is starting a controlled burn of a small forestland area on the Oak Ridge Reservation for prescribed burning at the East Tennessee Technology Park and...
View ArticleUCOR awards mini-grants for local school projects
UCOR has announced 20 winners in its Education Mini-Grant Program. The Mini-Grant Program was designed to recognize and support excellence in teaching by providing funds to assist classroom teachers...
View ArticleTarcza named manager at DOE Oak Ridge Office
Kenneth R. Tarcza has been named manager at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office Integrated Support Center. The announcement was made Tuesday by DOE’s Office of Science. Prior to retiring...
View ArticleNew DOE plan calls for research, technology to help fight mercury...
U.S. Department of Energy officials have released a new plan to address mercury contamination at the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee and Savannah River Site in South Carolina. It advocates for...
View ArticleDOE remains interested in transferring Clark Center Park to city
The U.S. Department of Energy remains interested in transferring Clark Center Park to Oak Ridge, and the city continues to discuss that possibility with the federal government even though it could be...
View ArticleETEBA has information session on new low-level waste disposal facility on...
There is a public information session on Wednesday on the U.S. Department of Energy’s proposal to build a new on-site low-level waste disposal facility on the Oak Ridge Reservation. The public...
View ArticleAfter Senate confirms Perry as energy secretary, Alexander invites him to Oak...
The United States Senate has confirmed former Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve as U.S. energy secretary, and Senator Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, has invited him to Oak Ridge. The...
View ArticleDOE’s public bus tour began in March, continues through November
Visitors see Oak Ridge’s past and present The U.S. Department of Energy’s 2017 Oak Ridge facilities public bus tour began March 3 and continues through November 27. The tour offers visitors a...
View ArticleTwo spring nature walks remain on Oak Ridge Reservation
Two more nature walks are scheduled this spring on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Reservation. They include frog calls and bat monitoring on Friday, May 19, and reptiles and amphibians...
View ArticlePink lady’s slipper nature walk scheduled for Sunday, May 7
A wildlife nature walk featuring observance of the pink lady’s slipper will be conducted from 1:30 until 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7, on the Oak Ridge Reservation. This is part of the spring nature walk...
View ArticleHouse bill keeps DOE Office of Science spending flat, increases NNSA funding
A House bill approved Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s proposed funding cut of about $900 million for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Instead of cutting, the House...
View ArticleGAO: DOE has more than 80 percent of U.S. government’s environmental liabilities
Note: This story was last updated at 3:20 p.m. September 4. The U.S. Department of Energy is responsible for more than 80 percent of the U.S. government’s estimated $450 billion in environmental...
View ArticleDOE names Jay Mullis as new cleanup manager in Oak Ridge
He’s been the acting manager, and on Wednesday, Jay Mullis was named manager of the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management. That’s the office that oversees federal cleanup projects at East...
View ArticleNew Oak Ridge EM manager Jay Mullis outlines cleanup vision
Note: This story was published in the November 21 edition of “EM Update” by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management. EM Update recently spoke with Jay Mullis, the new manager...
View ArticleTrump administration requests more money for DOE, NNSA
Note: This story was last updated at 2:50 p.m. The Trump administration has requested more money for the U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration than it did last year,...
View Article(For members) New DOE security contractor will take over in December
After a protest was denied this month, a new security contractor will take over protecting U.S. Department of Energy sites in Oak Ridge at the end of December. The contract could be worth close to $66...
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