The Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee (CROET), a nonprofit organization dedicated to repurposing older Department of Energy facilities at the Oak Ridge Site, has begun the first phase of turning a uranium enrichment area into a private park.
The organization will conduct road improvement projects, lighting and landscaping as part of a closure plan of the former DOE Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant K-25, according to a Tuesday press release from CROET.
Major demolition at the K-25 area at Oak Ridge was finished in fall 2020.
The park project is set to begin in April of this year, and is set to complete in the fall. It is currently out for review and pricing, and the design process was recently completed as part of the standards for the City of Oak Ridge.
“This was the first of many improvement projects that will allow us to close our doors knowing that we have left a lasting legacy for the community to build upon,” Lawrence Young, the president and CEO of CROET, said in the release.
