Environmental Waste Operations Center (EWOC)

930 Perimeter Rd, Oak Ridge, TN - (352) 562-6101

Perma-Fix's East Tennessee Waste Operations Center (EWOC) is an 8.7-acre site designed to support the management and disposition of low-level radioactive waste (LLW) for both government and commercial clients. Unlike Perma-Fix's other treatment facilities, EWOC serves as a multi-disciplinary processing center, offering over 17,000 square feet of indoor processing space along with three licensed outdoor radioactive material storage areas.

EWOC's primary objective is to handle the receipt, preparation, packaging, and transportation of LLW to approved final disposal facilities, including landfills and radiological waste repositories.

Strategically located near Oak Ridge and Kingston, TN, EWOC has convenient access to major interstates, including I-40, and features 220 feet of rail spur for waste shipments, systems operability testing, and transloading operations to approved Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs).

Waste Treatment Capabilities

Size Reduction/Volume Reduction
Packaging Large Components and Equipment
Sort and Segregation
Storage of Rad-Contaminated and Bulk Survey for Release (BSFR) Wastes
Nondestructive Assay
Decontamination of Equipment and Containers
Staging and Transloading Hazardous and Mixed Waste

Waste Treatment Types

LLRW
Large Components and Equipment
Waste Materials Generated by DOE, DOD, Commercial and Nuclear Industries
BSFR Metals and Debris

Licenses and Certifications:

TN Radioactive Materials License No. R-73029-B30
TN Radioactive License for Delivery
Registered Reporting Identification System (RIS) code "YVO" with Nuclear Materials Management & Safeguards