Council authorizes $300,000 design agreement for Rarity Ridge solids system; asks DOE about technetium-99 sampling

Nov 10, 2025

Oak Ridge City Council authorized a professional services agreement up to $300,000 with Fox PE LLC to design solids-handling improvements at the Rarity Ridge Wastewater Treatment Plant and asked staff to push DOE for sampling to monitor technetium-99 during dewatering.

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Oak Ridge City Council authorized a professional services agreement with Fox PE LLC (Nashville) not to exceed $300,000 to design solids-handling improvements at the Rarity Ridge Wastewater Treatment Plant, and members used the discussion to press for safeguards around dewatering of radioactive-contaminated sludge.

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