1998 Archived News Releases

December 1998
New Location for DOE Public Reading Room December 7, 1998
Draft Request for Proposal Issued for ORNL Contract December 14, 1998
DOE Begins Conceptual Design of New Uranium Storage Facility December 15, 1998
Spallation Neutron Source Draft Environmental Impact Statement Issued for Public Comment December 21, 1998
Dean Helms Completes Federal Career December 30, 1998
November 1998
DOE Announces New Contractual Arrangement for ORISE November 2, 1998
DOE to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Transfer on Radioisotope Power Systems Project November 4, 1998
Efforts to Create New Jobs in East Tennessee Get $8.75 Million Boost from Department of Energy November 30, 1998
October 1998
DOE Information Bridge Hits 2 Million Pages October 20, 1998
September 1998
DOE, Joint Center Partnership to Assist in Evaluating Scarboro Environmental Data September 2, 1998
Energy Department to Negotiate Extension of Jefferson Lab Contract September 3, 1998
Source of Mercury, PCB Contamination Removed at Y-12 September 24, 1998
ORO to Celebrate 16th Hispanic Heritage Month September 30, 1998
August 1998
DOE's Mansel Wins Pollution Prevention Awards August 18, 1998
Oak Ridge Offices Launches Cost Saving Initiative August 31, 1998
Chicago, St. Louis Companies to Design and Build Spallation Neutron Source August 25, 1998
July 1998
DOE Contributes to Local Economy Through Sale of Manhattan Project Facilities July 2, 1998
First Shipment of Material Leaves East Tennessee Technology Park July 9, 1998
Record of Decision Signed to Remove Radioactive Salt from Reactor July 27, 1998
Stakeholder Reports to Guide DOE Environmental Cleanup Activities in Oak Ridge July 27, 1998
Jeanette Miller Elected National FEW President July 30, 1998
DOE Empties Aging Waste Tanks July 30, 1998
DOE Extends Public Comment Period for Bear Creek Valley Proposed Plan July 31, 1998
June 1998
Public Encouraged to Comment on Y-12 Bear Creek Valley Proposed Plan June 25, 1998
Criteria for Accepting Waste to be Discussed at Workshop June 25, 1998
May 1998
President Clinton Presents Hall with Meritorious Rank Award May 5, 1998
Risk Potential Reduced at Experimental Reactor May 6, 1998
A. Lee Watkins Named Project Manager for Spallation Neutron Source Project Office May 12, 1998
Environmental Sampling to Begin in Scarboro Community May 13, 1998
Y-12 Enriched Uranium Operations Resumption Authorized May 15, 1998
Foster Wheeler Selected to Treat Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste for Offsite Disposal May 29, 1998
April 1998
Workers at Incinerator to Test New Monitor System April 9, 1998
March 1998
Energy Department Issues Draft Document Detailing Cleanup Plans March 2, 1998
DOE Payrolls Over $680 Million for 1997 March 5, 1998
Meeting Scheduled to Address Pilot Program for NRC Oversight at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory    March 16, 1998
William M. Seay Named East Tennessee Technology Park Site Manager March 20, 1998
February 1998
Larry W. Clark Selected as New Director of DOE's Office of Reindustrialization February 9, 1998
New Technology Successfully Treats Oak Ridge Waste February 11, 1998
25 Teams to Compete at Tenth Annual Tennessee Science Bowl, February 21 February 13, 1998
Department of Energy Announces Competition for National Prototype Center Charter Partners February 16, 1998
ORR Annual Site Environmental Report Issued February 26, 1998
January 1998
BNFL Inc. Assumes Responsibility for ETTP Process Buildings and Begins Mobilization for Cleanup January 7, 1998