UCOR Boosts Grants for Region’s STEM Education
This year, UCOR gave $40,000 in grants for 38 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) projects in 28 regional schools. It marked the …
Category: Environmental Management
OREM Transfers Unneeded Electrical Equipment to City of Oak Ridge for Reuse
With supply chain issues creating difficulties in obtaining critical infrastructure components, the transfer of various pieces of electrical equipment…
DOE Accepting Public Comments & Hosting Meeting for EMDF Project
A public meeting will be held to learn more about the proposed onsite disposal facility on the Oak Ridge Reservation from 6:00–8:00 p.m., Tuesday, M…
UCOR Increases STEM Mini-Grants for Area Schools to $40,000
In recognition of National Teacher Appreciation Week, UCOR announces it has added $10,000 to the company’s 2022 Mini-Grants program. This year’s $…
Nelson-Jean Shares Opportunities, Encouragement With Students in Oak Ridge
Students from various colleges and universities, some nearly 300 miles away, had come to tour cleanup sites and meet Nicole Nelson-Jean, EM’s associ…
EM Continues Progress Eliminating Risks at Y-12
EM has prepared the East Column Exchange (COLEX) equipment at Oak Ridge for demolition following deactivation work that involved retrieving mercury fr…
TVA Board Nominees Support Clean Energy Options as Federal Utility Plans Coal Retirements
As the Tennessee Valley Authority is considering options for replacing two coal-fired power plants, three nominees to the federal power utility's boar…
ORNL & KCDC: High-Tech Energy Retrofits Coming to Western Heights Neighborhood Renovation project
The U.S. Department of Energy, saying we're in an "all-out sprint to beat the climate crisis," will spend $5 million in Knoxville on a project it hope…
ORNL Turns Pollution into Fuel, Plastics, and High-End Clothes
What if you could capture pollution off a smokestack and turn it into a polyester dress, jet fuel or high-end running shoes? That's something that Oak…
ORNL Develops Clean Water Bots
Measuring water quality throughout river networks with precision, speed and at lower cost than traditional methods is now possible with AquaBOT, an aq…