Tag Archives: Oak Ridge

Uranium facility construction to start a year before final cost estimate via Knoxnews

Posted on 2012/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OAK RIDGE — A firm cost estimate on the Uranium Processing Facility — reported to be the largest construction project in Tennessee history — won’t be available until September 2013, according to the project’s federal director, but site readiness is … Continue reading →

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Secret Cold War project results in largest US environmental cleanup via Knoxnews.com

Posted on 2012/03/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

… Most of the processes required the use of mercury, especially Colex (an abbreviation for “column exchange”), which proved to be the most successful. Some of the same big buildings that had been used for uranium enrichment during the Manhattan … Continue reading →

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