2000 Archived News Releases

December 2000
George Benedict Completes 31 Years of Federal Service December 28, 2000
DOE Issues Two Reports on Cold War Activities at the Paducah Site December 21, 2000
DOE Provides More Information, Access To Public December 11, 2000
November 2000
Independent Assessment Of Employee Concerns Program Begins At Three Major DOE Environmental Cleanup Sites November 30, 2000
Jeffrey Cravens Named Director Of Doe's Assessment And Emergency Management Division November 28, 2000
New Emergency Network Provides Public With Access To Extensive Weather Data November 15, 2000
New Attorney Advisors Join ORO Legal Staff November 15, 2000
Mildred López-Ferre' Named Team Lead of DOE's Y-12 Environmental Management Program November 09, 2000
ETTP K-1001 Adminstration Building Being Demolished November 01, 2000
New Leadership Team Announced At Energy's Department's Portsmouth Plant November 01, 2000
October 2000
Energy Department Issues Request for Proposals to Build Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Plants in Ohio and Kentucky October 31, 2000
Dianna Feireisel Named Deputy Paducah Site Manager October 30, 2000
Oak Ridge Company And Energy Department Developing New Methods For Reuse Of Contaminated Lead October 30, 2000
Pedro Garcia Named Director Of DOE'S Office Of Safeguards And Security October 16, 2000
Energy Department Takes Series Of Actions To Improve Safety And Health At Tennessee Plant October 11, 2000
September 2000
DOE Completes Removal of Radioactive Sludge From World War II Era Storage Tanks September 27, 2000
John Rothrock Completes 30 Years Of Federal Service September 25, 2000
$165 Million Cleanup Plan For Melton Valley Signed September 21, 2000
ORO Celebrates 18TH Hispanic Heritage Month September 14, 2000
Energy Secretary Announces Plan To Modernize Oak Ridge National Laboratory September 12, 2000
August 2000
Energy Department Selects Contractor to Manage and Operate Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge August 31, 2000
DOE Begins Accident Investigation at Portsmouth Plant August 24, 2000
Record Of Decision Issued For Transuranic Waste Project August 14, 2000
DOE Continues Efforts To Ensure Water Quality August 2, 2000
DOE Begins Additional Testing Of ETTP Water Systems August 1, 2000
July 2000
DOE Announces Bethel Valley Public Meeting On July 27 July 21, 2000
Energy Department Awards Over $8 Million to Develop and Test Clean Burning Fuels -- Co-firing Mixes Biomass with Traditional Fuels July 19,2000
DOE Appoints New Members And Student Representatives To Advisory Board July 11,2000
Myrna Redfield Named Deputy Leader of Oak Ridge Reservation Remediation Group July 07,2000
Donna Perez Has Been Named The Site Manager For The Department Of Energy's East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) July 06,2000
June 2000
Oak Ridge Offices Receives White House Recognition For Pollution Prevention Work June 26, 2000
George J. Malosh Named ORO Assistant Manager For Laboratories June 26, 2000
DOE Selects New Division Directors For Defense Programs At Y-12 Plant June 15, 2000
Harold Monroe Named Director Of DOE's Technical Support Division June 9, 2000
DOE Wins National Pollution Prevention Awards June 8, 2000
Oak Ridge Offices Announces Management Restructuring June 7, 2000
DISCOVER Magazine Honors Five Energy Department Laboratory Technologies June 5, 2000
May 2000
Public Meeting Planned On Compliance With New Emissions Standards For TSCA Incinerator May 26, 2000
DOE Taking Steps To Address Legacy Materials At Paducah Plant May 22, 2000
Critique Resource Consulting Corporation Awarded DOE Contract For Administrative Services May 11, 2000
Wheat Community African Burial Ground To Be Dedicated -- Monument to Memorialize Region's Early African-Americans May 09, 2000
DOE Transfers Water Plant To City Of Oak Ridge May 04, 2000
April 2000
ORAU Selected To Manage ORISE Contract April 28, 2000
Spallation Neutron Source Open House April 18, 2000
DOE Payrolls Over $695 Million For 1999 April 17, 2000
DOE Authorizes Resumption Of Enriched Uranium Handling and Storage At Building 9212 At Y-12 April 4, 2000
March 2000
Lasagna Now Cleaning Up TCE At Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant March 27, 2000
DOE Issues Request For Proposals For Manangement Of The Y-12 Plant March 21, 2000
Public Hearing Planned for Environmental Impact Statement March 17, 2000
Clifford Hsieh Named ORO Asian Pacific Program Manager March 08, 2000
February 2000
Steve Richardson Completes 29 Years of Federal Service February 29, 2000
Energy Department Announces Actions to Improve Safety Management at Y-12 Plant February 24, 2000
Stabilized Sludge Removed From East Tennessee Technology Park February 22, 2000
Tennessee Science Bowl Scheduled For February 26 February 15, 2000
January 2000
Richardson Announces Significant New Funds to Clean Up the Cold War Legacy at Paducah and Portsmouth Plants January 28, 2000
Energy Department Signs New Five-Year Jefferson Lab Contract January 12, 2000
Department Of Energy To Hold Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Program January 05, 2000