We are cleaning up contaminated, unused facilities on the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR). In addition to removing excess facilities, we maintain facilities across ORR that are waiting for disposition. We also provide critical upgrades to extend the life of active, but aging, facilities. This continues the same work done by the former UCOR from 2011 to 2022.
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Demolition continues at the ORNL Low Intensity Test Reactor. Crews have completed teardown on the west side of Building 3005, including the west laboratory and two water tank structures on the north side. They are working their way around the east side to pull down the east laboratory. The goal is to remove all the ancillary structures around the three-story Building 3005 to have a cleared space to start peeling back the metal siding. Removing this siding will expose the reactor building structural steel, facilitating the eventual reactor removal. Size reduction of the debris field and prepping for waste removal will take place throughout the week.
Sometimes, environmental cleanup requires creative solutions. Our cleanup team at East Tennessee Technology Park implemented one such solution recently, performing cleanup work from a barge on Poplar Creek.
Video of the project is available here:
At the ORNL Low Intensity Test Reactor (Building 3005), crews recently began demolition activities. They finished mobilizing earlier this week and began demolishing an ancillary structure on the west side of 3005. Next steps are clearing the debris and taking down tie lines and pipes as well as another ancillary structure.
What's New
An Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) team recently hit two milestones in a construction project that’s pivotal to future cleanup at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12). The Mercury Treatment Facility, now under construction, is the linchpin for OREM’s cleanup strategy at Y-12. It will prevent potential releases of mercury into a nearby creek, enabling large scale demolition to begin in mercury-contaminated areas at Y-12.
What's New
Cleanup projects for the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) can be challenging under normal circumstances, but a recent excavation effort involved another level of complexity for contractor UCOR. Unable to access a hard-to-reach cleanup area by land, crews performed the work from a nearby barge on Poplar Creek at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
What's New
The first fully electric vehicle quietly pulled into a parking space in Oak Ridge last week. The new addition to the site is part of a broader transition to an electric vehicle fleet across the EM complex. The cleanup program aims to add 150 electric vehicles to its fleet this year. Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor UCOR is slated to receive 11 of the vehicles in the first phase of the effort.
What's New
The Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) recently shipped its first load of transuranic (TRU) waste for disposal since coming under the management of Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor UCOR. TWPC work was recently moved under the Oak Ridge Reservation contract that continues for the next decade, ensuring appropriate resources and expertise are available to successfully address the remaining challenging TRU waste at Oak Ridge.
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We Strive to Set the Standard in Safety
Safety is always the top priority at UCOR. We are a DOE Voluntary Protection Program Star site, a designation given to only the safest sites in the DOE Complex. Our award-winning safety performance has earned us many accolades.
Employee involvement is a key aspect of our safety culture. We empower our workers to stop work if they see something questionable. We also have strong worker engagement program to ensure our team members feel safe in their work environment.
