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Solar Farm Powered Up Photo courtesy of Bob Fowler, Read entire article at Knoxnews.com
Two companies and an economic development group are getting on the solar bandwagon on current and former Department of Energy properties. Read entire article at Knownews.com
OAK RIDGE — Years of research and millions of federal dollars later, production of lower-cost, super-strong, super-light carbon fiber began Wednesday in a new facility. Read entire article at Knoxnews.com
Oak Ridge Airport Plan Moves Ahead. Older Articles: Airport Board Approves Site for Oak Ridge Airport UCOR hosts ETEBA conference UCOR was a platinum sponsor of this year’s Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association (ETEBA) Annual Business Opportunities Conference, held in Knoxville Nov. 6-8. UCOR President and Project Manager Leo Sain was a moderator for the Project Updates and Outlooks session, and Mark Ferri was a presenter at the DOE/NNSA Projects and Activities session. On the final day, UCOR Small Business Manager Karen Reeve and Veronica O’Hearn participated in a session for small businesses entitled “Navigating Your Way to a Successful Government Contract.” DOE hosts Asset Revitalization Workshop in Oak Ridge  A DOE Asset Revitalization Initiative (ARI) workshop was held at the Tech 20/20 Center, Oak Ridge, June 13- 14. More than 80 DOE Headquarters personnel, Field Office representatives, and their respective prime contractors attended the workshop. ARI, a DOE-wide program was initiated in Sept. 2011, to advance the beneficial reuse of its unique and diverse mix of assets, including land, facilities, infrastructure, equipment, technologies, natural resources, and a highly skilled workforce. The workshop provided an in-depth perspective from both DOE Headquarter and field office staff about key ARI issues such as property transfers and leases, NEPA strategies, and stakeholder involvement. |
DOE/UCOR Participates in Asset Revitalization Initiative Workshop 
A DOE Asset Revitalization Initiative (ARI) workshop was held at the Tech 20/20 Center, Oak Ridge, June 13-14. More than 80 DOE Headquarters personnel, Field Office representatives, and their respective prime contractors attended the workshop. The UCOR Reindustrialization organization was instrumental in supporting the DOE Oak Ridge Office in the development of the conference and participated in three panel discussions. Partners in the Oak Ridge Reindustrialization Program were able to share information and lessons learned based on 15 years of successful implementation. Pictured at the workshop, from left, are Lou Finley and Gil Sallade, UCOR; Brian Henry and Aaron Cadle, DOE; and Cathy Hickey and Veronica O’Hearn, UCOR. |
Wood Chips – Tons of Them – to Power Lab's New Heating System Photo courtesy of Bob Fowler, Read entire article at Knoxnews.com |
K-25 Cleanup goes on with federal help. Read entire article at Knoxnews.com
OAK RIDGE — Derailed for a decade by a perfect storm of roadblocks, plans for a $1 million railroad museum are now back on track, officials said last week. The long-awaited Southern Appalachia Railway Museum — with a new design and location — is received the go-ahead Tuesdayfrom museum members.
Foresters are using fire to bring back native grasses and plants as the K-25 nuclear weapons plant is razed at Oak Ridge. Read entire article at Knownews.com Major Step to Advance Reindustrialization at ETTP
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EFCU ATM Now At ETTP An ATM is now readily available at Portal 4 at the East Tennessee Technology Park. Organizers of the placement of the automatic teller machine from Enrichment Federal Credit Union are John Merritt (EFCU Assistant VP of Facilities and IT), Lou Finley (UCOR Reindustrialization Account Executive), and Wayne Hope (EFCU President/CEO), left to right. Click for news release, Enrichment Federal Credit Union Moves ATM at ETTP.
ETTP Power Switched from TVA to Oak Ridge  The Power Integration Group deserves special recognition for the successful completion of Phase II of the transition of electrical power to the city of Oak Ridge at ETTP. Representatives from BJC Power Integration Group, Reindustrialization and the City of Oak Ridge Electrical Department who participated in the switch from TVA electrical power to the City of Oak Ridge are pictured on April 30th in front of the Recloser switch where City power now comes into ETTP. (Click on photo for larger image.) ETTP Web Site Wins Award of Excellence
Oak Ridge Positions Community for Economic Rebound Through Reindustrialization Effort
Despite tough economic conditions, Oak Ridge has been tremendously successful at continuing its redevelopment efforts and creating one-of-a-kind land and building space that are attractive to a diverse industry base. For more information about the new speculative buildings at the East Tennessee Technology Park's Heritage Center, please click below. |
OAK RIDGE - EnergySolutions is purchasing a short-line railroad that traverses the former K-25 uranium-enrichment site - now Heritage Center - and joins the main Norfolk Southern rail system at Blair Station a few miles north of the site. The Utah-based company and Heritage Railroad Corp., a subsidiary of the nonprofit Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee, confirmed the execution of an asset purchase agreement. Terms of the sale were not released. Troy Eshleman, EnergySolutions vice president for the Commercial Processing Division, said Thursday the company would continue to use the 11 1/2-mile short line in the same manner it has for years. EnergySolutions makes about one rail shipment a week from Oak Ridge, typically moving radioactive materials from the company's waste-processing facility on Bear Creek Road to the EnergySolutions landfill at Clive, Utah, he said. |
Spec Building Planned for ED-5 Parcel Above is a rendering of the new spec building to be constructed by the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee and the Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board on Land Parcel ED-5 East, north of K-1007. The building will be approximately 50,000 square feet, expandable to 100,000 square feet. Site preparation is currently underway. |
OAK RIDGE — An investment firm has purchased a fifth building that was part of the Department of Energy uranium enrichment complex. Manhattan Project LLC, an affiliate of Fulcra Enterprises Inc. of Cornelius, N.C., paid $2 million for Building K1007, a 132,000-square-foot building that the Bechtel Jacobs Co. now leases. |
 High-Tech Building Targeted for Waste Work
OAK RIDGE - A company that processes radioactive debris is buying an abandoned, high-tech building for treating low-level waste and for classified research. |
Tennessee Valley Energy Enterprise The Tennessee Valley Energy Enterprise Workshop welcomed over 220 people from the Tennessee Valley Corridor (TVC) region and beyond who learned firsthand how to leverage valuable Corridor assets and partnerships into economic development opportunities for the energy sector. Combining available assets with science and technical expertise from both the public and private sector in this region, the TVC is in a unique position to offer opportunities for energy research and development, demonstration and deployment in a variety of energy applications, creating an Energy Enterprise that can serve as a model program for others to emulate. The Tennessee Valley Energy Enterprise can provide diverse, integrated and sustainable solutions to help solve this country’s energy challenges. |
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BJC and DOE have completed another step in cleanup of ETTP with the demolition of the 500,000-ft2 K-1401building and reclamation of the site for future industrial use. Debris from the 11 acre site totaled more than 50 million pounds, enough to fill 3,444 dump trucks or cover a football field to a depth of 15 feet. |
The Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee (CROET) has sold K-1036 to Sun River, LLC, an affiliate of Fulcra Enterprises Inc., which is headquartered in Cornelius, North Carolina. K-1036 is the fourth building at ETTP to be sold to private interests. The others are K-1225, K-1330, and K-1580. The ETTP Fire Station, K-1652, and the ETTP Water Treatment Plant Complex have been transferred to the City of Oak Ridge, while CROET retains ownership of K-1007 and K-1400. |
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 Reindustrialization Team wins P2 AwardPollution Prevention (P2) is a part of the way BJC does business and it is also part of ISMS and EMS and is required by DOE Order and Executive Order. BJC initiated an awards program this year to recognize P2/Waste Minimization achievement among all of the projects. A number of entries were received in a wide variety of categories ranging from Affirmative Procurement (Green Purchasing) to Waste Prevention, which was awarded to the Reindustrialization Team for outstanding achievement in the transfer of six ETTP facilities and the approval to transfer two additional facilities. Facility transfers save valuable landfill space and offer significant cost savings to the ACP (such as the $1.1 million in avoided D&D costs for the transfer of K-1652). Building transfers achieve P2 goals by providing adaptive reuse of facilities, and support the success of Heritage Center as a brownfield site. Further, the Reindustrialization Team has supported overall sustainable use objectives at ETTP via the meadows restoration initiative and other cooperative efforts with the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee. |
 Native grasses and wildflowers will replace fescue and weeds at Heritage Center. This effort will save thousands of dollars in mowing expense and reduce gas-burning emissions. It will also create a more interesting campus setting. The meadow restoration project is directed by Bob Greenwell of CROET and a team of environmental planners and architects. The project began in Fall 2006 with herbicide applications to remove the non-native grasses and weeds. By late Winter 2007, the team will turn the soil of the 100-acre area. After a spring planting, native grasses and wildflowers will begin to emerge and should look meadow-like by late summer. Maintenance will continue for several years. The meadows should be self sustaining within 3 to 5 years. The photograph above shows a business campus where meadow restoration was successful. |
 Plans announced for motorsports facility. Fast Visions of Tennessee has announced initial plans for the construction of Thousand Suns International Road Course at the historic Heritage Center (more at Thousand Suns Motor Sports web site). |
 DOE Completes Another Step in ETTP Site Reindustrialization. Two Additional Buildings Transferred for Use in Private Sector (more). PDF fact sheet. |
 Government Office Buildings Transferred for private sector use at East Tennessee Technology Park(more). PDF fact sheet. |
 ETTP tenant M&EC Corporation recently completed the landmark K-1200 Center and South Bay Cleanup Project, restoring the facility to productive use and saving American taxpayers $2 million in the process. Click here to see how it was done. |
Donated DOE Trailer Aids Roane County Humane Society. No longer needed trailer that formerly housed ETTP workers will soon be home to a much-needed spay/neuter clinic in Roane County (more). Reindustrialization Team awarded 2003 Phoenix Award. The ETTP Reindustrialization Team has been awarded EPA's prestigious 2003 Phoenix Award for excellence in brownfields development (more). |
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Representatives signed a new partnering agreement that establishes goals to enhance reindustrialization and development efforts at the East Tennessee Technology Park’s (ETTP) Heritage Center. Partners include Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee President, Lawrence Young (left), Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office Acting Manager, John Eschenberg, and URS and CH2M President and Project Manager, Leo Sain.
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EnergySolutions buys Oak Ridge 
Investment firm pays $2M for fifth DOE building
K-1401 Site Ready for New Industrial Tenant 
CROET Sells K-1036 to Private Company
Highly skilled, security-clearance-wielding scientists like Bill Bostick or Doug Hoffman had nowhere to go in the mid-1990s. The U.S. Department of Energy had cut off their funding as it was shutting down hundreds of facilities across the country due to a sweep of budget cuts across the federal government. Not trained to wait tables, they were equally unprepared for early retirement, so the scientists banded together to form Materials and Chemistry Lab, a private entity of 12 people who can do everything from industrial forensics (figuring out which materials work in which conditions) to environmental consulting. They negotiated a lease of a building and equipment at DoE's old K-25 site—a 1,500-acre bastion of buildings that were used to enrich uranium for the Manhattan Project—and went to work as a private contractor.
Sale of three buildings marks milestone at ETTP
Firefighters move into Fire Station No. 4.