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

Oak Ridge City Council · November 10, 2025
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Summary

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.

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.

City staff explained that the plant currently lacks modern solids handling and that, while DOE has been hauling sludge off-site for disposal, DOE is installing a temporary system to…

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