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DOE hosts grand opening for K-25 History Center

March 8, 2020, 9:46AMNuclear News

Visitors explore the exhibits and interactive displays at the K-25 History Center at Oak Ridge. Photo: DOE

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its contractor URS/CH2M Oak Ridge hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 27 for the new K-25 History Center on the site of the former uranium enrichment plant. Located next to the original foundation for the K-25 building, the center was built to honor and preserve the stories of the workers who constructed and operated the K-25 complex during World War II and the Cold War.

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