February 13, 2009
K-25 demolition progress
A lot of progress has been made at K-25 in the two months since demolition of the World War II-era facility began Dec. 16, with major sections of the west wing already on the ground. Over the next few years, dismantlement of the mile-long building -- the biggest building in the world at the time it was built -- will generate nearly 400,000 cubic yards of radioactive or hazardous waste.
Most of the contaminated rubble will be trucked to a nuclear landfill seven miles away on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge reservation.
Labels: K-25. Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge
November 18, 2008
K-25 demolition may start in December
Bechtel Jacobs could begin demolition of the west wing of the K-25 building by mid-December, if the readiness reviews turn out OK. That's the latest word from the Dept. of Energy.[via Knoxville News]
Labels: K-25. Manhattan Project
