DOE official marks 'demo day' at Oak Ridge's Isotope Row, says demolition will create space for ORNL research
Sep 1, 2026
Tim Walsh, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Environmental Management, said crews began demolishing buildings on Isotope Row in Oak Ridge after five years of decontamination, creating space intended for future Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientific work.
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Tim Walsh, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Environmental Management, said demolition crews have begun taking down buildings on what he identified as "Isotope Row" at Oak Ridge after a multiyear cleanup effort. "We're actually at the process now of what people actually like to see, and that's demo day," Walsh said, describing a handoff from remediation to demolition.
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