ETEC - Sarah Schafer, Isotek Systems
ETEC - Sarah Schafer, Isotek Systems
Friday, February 6, 2026 (7:30 AM - 8:30 AM) (EST)
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Join us at ETEC in-person or virtually on Friday, February 6, 2026 at 7:30am to hear from Sarah Schafer, President/Project Manager of Isotek Systems, LLC, a member of Atkins Realis.
Sarah will present on how isotopes are powering today's medical breakthroughs.
No registration is necessary for in-person attendance.
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Sarah Schafer
President/Project Manager for
Isotek Systems, LLC, a member of Atkins Realis
Sarah Schaefer is the President and Project Manager at Isotek Systems, LLC. She has worked on the U-233 Disposition project for seventeen years, staring in nuclear operations as the Nuclear Facility Manager and progressing to Operations Manager and then to her current role where she is responsible for all aspects of the Project. Between 2018 to 2019, Sarah was assigned to manage the start-up of the U-233 dissolution and thorium extraction operations in gloveboxes as part of a public/private initiative with DOE and TerraPower.
While at Isotek Systems, Sarah Schaefer was twice part of the Project team that won the United States Secretary of Energy’s Achievement Award (in 2012 and 2020). As well, Sarah was awarded the AtkinsRealis Nuclear Sector President’s Award in 2019 for Excellence in Innovation and Technology and in 2022 for Excellence in Safety and Integrity.
Prior to Isotek, Sarah’s background is in waste management, focusing on safe and compliant commercial waste and nuclear waste disposal operations. She worked in this capacity for EnergySolutions, Duratek, and Waste Management Inc. She also managed DOE’s Environmental Management Waste Management Facility (EMWMF) nuclear disposal facility and the Oak Ridge Reservation Landfills.
Sarah has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Valparaiso University.
This month's ETEC Friday Morning Meeting Series are sponsored by Amentum.
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1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, TN 37830 United States
Click here to register for the VIRTUAL version of the meeting
Hailey Lewis
Complimentary coffee, bagels, muffins and pastries served.
The Outreach Center is located on the back corner of the building on the Applebee’s side. The entrance faces the Quality Inn and Applebee's.
Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center.
The main entrance of the ETEC Office will be locked.
-If you are coming from Knoxville via S. Illinois Ave (TN-62W); take a right onto S. Rutgers Ave, and continue until you come to the intersection of Rice Rd and Rider Rd, across from ORNL Corporate Headquarters; after the Quality Inn, take a left onto Rider Rd and you will arrive at your destination on the right. Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center.
-Alternatively, if you are coming from Knoxville via S. Illinois Ave (TN-62W); you can take a sharp right and merge onto Lafayette Dr; turn left onto W. Gettysburg Ave; turn right onto Manhattan Ave; then at the intersection of Manhattan Ave and S. Rutgers Ave, continue straight across onto Rice Rd until you come to the intersection of Rice Rd and Rider Rd; take a right onto Rider Rd and you will arrive at your destination on the right. Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center.
-If you are coming from Oak Ridge via the Turnpike, you will find us between the intersection of S. Rutgers Ave and Wallace Rd, between the Applebee's and Dairy Queen, across the street from St. Mary's School. The Outreach Center is located on the back corner of the building on the Applebee’s side. The entrance faces the Quality Inn and Applebee's. Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center. The main entrance of the ETEC Office will be locked.
-If you are coming from Oak Ridge via Illinois Ave; turn onto S. Rutgers Ave, and continue until you come to the intersection of Rice Rd and Rider Rd, across from ORNL Corporate Headquarters; after the Quality Inn, turn onto Rider Rd and you will arrive at your destination on the right. The Outreach Center is located on the back corner of the building on the Applebee’s side. The entrance faces the Quality Inn and Applebee's. Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center. The main entrance of the ETEC Office will be locked.
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