1999 Archived News Releases

December 1999
Vice President Sets Course for New Neutron Scattering Facility December 15, 1999
Energy Department To Hold Public Meeting To Hear Oak Ridge Worker Concerns December 06, 1999
November 1999
Y-12 Plant Completes Enriched Uranium Operations Stand-Down And Takes Actions To Address Security Concerns November 12, 1999
Operational Stand Down Ordered At Y-12 Plant Facility To Address Safety and Security Concerns November 5, 1999
Construction Of Onsite Disposal Facility Approved For Oak Ridge Reservation November 2, 1999
October 1999
Energy Department to Hold Public Meeting to Hear Portsmouth Plant Worker Concerns October 28, 1999
Lester K. Price Selected to Head Spallation Neutron Source Project October 26, 1999
Charles Crowe New Director of Procurement and Contracts Division October 25, 1999
DOE Issues Request for Proposals for ORISE Contract October 21, 1999
DOE Selects UT-Battelle, LLC to Manage Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee October 20, 1999
Three Appointments Named in DOE Assets Utilization Organization October 13, 1999
September 1999
Past Recycled Uranium Programs Under Review as Energy Department Investigation Continues September 29, 1999
Peter Dayton Completes Federal Career September 28, 1999
Energy Department Investigation Team Seeks Health and Safety Help from Paducah Plant Workers September 27, 1999
ORO Celebrates 17th Hispanic Heritage Month September 22, 1999
DOE's Pollution Prevention Accomplishments Avoid $50 Million in Costs September 14, 1999
Glasman Receives Prestigious Award September 14, 1999
DOE Selects Wackenhut Services Inc. for Oak Ridge Protective Services Contract September 10, 1999
Secretary Richardson Orders Safety Stand Down at Paducah September 8, 1999
DOE Investigation Team Completes Initial Visit to Paducah Site September 3, 1999
August 1999
DOE Appoints New Members to Oak Ridge SSAB August 31, 1999
Four Promoted in ORO Environmental Management August 24, 1999
DOE Hosts 10th Business Opportunities Conference August 5, 1999
July 1999
DOE Begins Pumping Gunite Tank Waste to Treatment Area July 13, 1999
Oak Ridge First to Use Russian Cleanup Technology July 12, 1999
Maureen Hunemuller Named Site Office Manager for Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility July 8, 1999
June 1999
DOE - State of Tennessee Partnership Creates Three Bend Scenic and Wildlife Management Refuge Area June 23, 1999
Spallation Neutron Source Record of Decision Issued June 23, 1999
DOE,AEDC Combine Science and Technology Expertise June 2, 1999
May 1999
DOE Impact on State Totals Almost $2 Billion May 19, 1999
DOE Cleanup Team Wins Pollution Prevention Award May 14, 1999
April 1999
Hall Completes 31 Years of Federal Service April 23, 1999
DOE Opens its Environmental Database for Public Use April 15, 1999
DOE Selects Portsmouth Site for Storage of Fernald Uranium April 14, 1999
Oak Ridge MSRE Project Receives Prestigious Award April 13, 1999
DOE Issues Request for Proposals for Management of Oak Ridge National Laboratory April 12, 1999
DOE Signs Agreement for Oak Ridge Technology, Equipment to be Used in Prostate Cancer Treatment April 6, 1999
March 1999
Brown Named Head of New Oak Ridge Offices Organization March 31, 1999
Five Employees at East Tennessee Technology Park diagnosed as Beryllium Sensitive March 19, 1999
DOE to Hold Meetings on Proposed Y-12 Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement March 17, 1999
DOE to Offer Free Medical Exams to Former Beryllium Workers March 8, 1999
Joe Parks Completes Federal Career March 1, 1999
February 1999
21 Teams To Compete At Eleventh Annual Tennessee Science Bowl on February 27 February 12, 1999
DOE Extends Comment Period on Draft Fernald Uranium Environmental February 10, 1999
DOE to Hold Meetings On Proposed Waste Treatment Facility February 08, 1999
January 1999
Cleanup of Waste Tanks at ORNL Reaches Halfway Point Ahead of Schedule January 25, 1999
DOE Considering Transfer of Fernald Uranium January 22, 1999
Department of Energy to Hold Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Program January 11, 1999