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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...

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Five 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,...

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DOE 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...

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DOE 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...

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Controlled 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...

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UCOR 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...

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Tarcza 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...

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New 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...

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DOE 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...

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ETEBA 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...

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After 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...

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DOE’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...

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Two 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...

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Pink 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...

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House 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...

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GAO: 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...

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DOE 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...

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New 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...

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Trump 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,...

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(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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