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Description: According to a release, the office transferred more than 1,700 acres to the Oak Ridge community to help attract and generate new economic development for the region.

Federal office hits milestone in Oak Ridge environmental cleanup, removing estimated 50,000 dump trucks worth of soil [Video]

According to a release, the office transferred more than 1,700 acres to the Oak Ridge community to help attract and generate new economic development for the region.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The United States Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environment Management completed another key milestone in one of the nation’s largest environmental cleanup projects, the department said Wednesday.

Leaders with the state gathered on Wednesday at the East Tennessee Technology Park to celebrate the cleanup. The DOE said the event highlighted crews finishing the excavation of all the contaminated soil at the former Manhattan Project and Cold War-era uranium enrichment complex, previously known as the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

The department said the work involved removing and disposing of more than 554,000 cubic yards of soil, equaling nearly 50,000 dump truck loads.

“This milestone signifies the completion of major fieldwork at the East Tennessee Technology Park, and …