[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: DOE's Copper Ridge site, TN

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DOE’s remote site has unusual history

By Frank Munger 
Knoxville News Sentinel (TN)
March 18, 2016

OAK RIDGE - Atop Copper Ridge near the southwest border of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge reservation lies a remote site that's been used for a series of unusual - and sometimes secret - projects over the past 60 years.

Most recently, Oak Ridge National Laboratory used the ridgetop location for a project that's associated with government efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and special nuclear materials. However, the DOE will not provide details because the "non-proliferation-related" research is classified.

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It's not clear if there are plans for other projects at the Tower Shielding Reactor site. Sinclair declined to comment, although she noted that materials stored there must be removed before the site is turned over to the DOE's cleanup team.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local/does-remote-site-has-unusual-history-2e408d48-e054-3005-e053-0100007f92d2-372595421.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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