Apparentatly so. Demolition of the historic K-25 plant has resumed in a big way under the direction of the Department of Energy's new environmental contractor, URS/CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR).

The current focus is on the East Wing of the former uranium-enrichment facility that was built during World War II and operated until the early 1960s.

The West Wing of K-25 was taken down by the previous contractor, Bechtel Jacobs Co., which completed that work in January 2010.

Demolition activities were on hold until last month, when BJC started work on the East Wing just a couple of weeks before the transition to UCOR's management on Aug. 1.

The new contractor has employed a revised strategy for demolishing the heavily contaminated and highly deteriorated facilities.

At the time of its construction, K-25 was a mile long in a U shape and billed as the largest building in the world under one roof.