OAK RIDGE — A rainy Friday wasn’t an optimum time to celebrate a road project and related construction work, but the government and its contractors used a couple of pop-up party tents and a slew of umbrellas to go on with the outdoor portion of the show.
Frank G. Klotz, head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, was in town for what he called a significant achievement — completing the rerouting of Bear Creek Road, construction of a new haul road and other site-readiness activities to help prepare for eventual construction of multibillion-dollar Uranium Processing Facility.
With a $6.5 billion pricetag, the Department of Energy project could be the biggest construction project in Tennessee’s history.
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