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DOE: It’ll cost $12B to complete Oak Ridge cleanup
http://knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/2014/07/06/doe-itll-cost-12b-complete-oak-ridge-cleanup/
DOE: It’ll cost $12B to complete Oak Ridge cleanup
July 6, 2014 by Frank Munger
The government has invested extraordinary resources over the past 30 years to deal with environmental legacies of the nuclear weapons program in Oak Ridge, which began with the World War II Manhattan Project. Mountains of radioactive waste have been moved, and a lot of cleanup has been accomplished. But a lot remains to be done — and it won’t be cheap.
The U.S. Department of Energy estimates it will cost about $12 billion to finish the Oak Ridge cleanup work by 2046, the completion date DOE negotiated with environmental regulators.
The completion date and the overall cost could be impacted by how much funding Congress appropriates for the cleanup program and how wisely and efficiently the money is spent.
DOE’s Office of Environmental Management recently held a community workshop in Oak Ridge to discuss cleanup priorities, mandates and possible partnerships or alternative strategies that could speed the cleanup effort and get more bang for the buck.
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DOE: It’ll cost $12B to complete Oak Ridge cleanup
July 6, 2014 by Frank Munger
The government has invested extraordinary resources over the past 30 years to deal with environmental legacies of the nuclear weapons program in Oak Ridge, which began with the World War II Manhattan Project. Mountains of radioactive waste have been moved, and a lot of cleanup has been accomplished. But a lot remains to be done — and it won’t be cheap.
The U.S. Department of Energy estimates it will cost about $12 billion to finish the Oak Ridge cleanup work by 2046, the completion date DOE negotiated with environmental regulators.
The completion date and the overall cost could be impacted by how much funding Congress appropriates for the cleanup program and how wisely and efficiently the money is spent.
DOE’s Office of Environmental Management recently held a community workshop in Oak Ridge to discuss cleanup priorities, mandates and possible partnerships or alternative strategies that could speed the cleanup effort and get more bang for the buck.
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