Demolition to Remove Oak Ridge National Lab's Historic Isotope Row Complete

US tears down 10 historic, highly contaminated Cold War-era buildings

The US DOE and UCOR have completed the demolition of Isotope Row at ORNL, clearing 12,000 square feet for future scientific research.

Demolition to remove Oak Ridge National Lab's historic Isotope Row complete

After more than half a decade of work, a historic and highly contaminated group of buildings, referred to as "Isotope Row," at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is no longer standing.

Oak Ridge demolishes 10 'historic, highly contaminated' buildings at national laboratory

Isotope Row was a "tight cluster of 10 historic, highly contaminated buildings" at ORNL, officials said.

DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC ‘ISOTOPE ROW’ AT OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY COMPLETED

Demolition crews have finished tearing down 10 historic buildings known as Isotope Row at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, concluding a six-year cleanup project aimed at removing legacy hazards. United Cleanup Oak Ridge collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy to complete the physical demolition phase in about two months. The project cleared […]