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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Landon Graham has been at the Outfall 200 site for nearly five years. He started as a laborer and worked his way up to general foreman in just four months. Landon has two stepdaughters and is expecting another with his girlfriend Baylee, a labor and delivery nurse. At home, he spends time riding dirt bikes and enjoys the peacefulness of fishing.
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Outfall 200 Construction Manager Matt Putinas, and Field Engineer Nate Keel discuss the placement of three 18,000-pound sludge settling tanks and what that means for the continued success of the project. #EnvironmentalCleanup
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Crews at the Oak Ridge Reservation Landfill cleaned sediment from Pond 4 at Landfill VII in just 12 days. They removed 181 loads of sediment, which increases the capacity of the pond in time for the upcoming wet season. A big win for our stormwater management efforts. #EnvironmentalCleanup
UCOR’s Sustainability Programs hosted our 3rd annual America Recycles Day Fair. Attendees were able to bring in personal materials for shredding, play games like Jeopardy and the Price Is Right, and win eco-friendly prizes. Activities held by the Sustainability team continue to bring awareness to the environmentally beneficial process of recycling. #NationalRecylingDay
What's New
Oak Ridge Resumes Installing Structural Steel at Mercury Treatment Facility
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR continue making steady progress on the construction of the Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex.“The work underway is moving this crucial infrastructure project closer to completion, and it will enable the next major phase of cleanup at Y-12,” said Steve Clemons, OREM project manager.
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Oak Ridge Repurposes Facility to Test New Cleanup Technologies
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractors are seeking new and innovative methods to tackle the challenges involved with addressing aging, contaminated structures that date back to the Manhattan Project and Cold War. A project underway will provide the space necessary to test promising technologies aimed at advancing complex cleanup projects in Oak Ridge. OREM and contractor UCOR are creating an onsite testbed facility called the Technology Demonstration Facility.
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Cleanup progresses on large scale across 13 ORNL buildings
Cleanup crews are making steady progress on deactivation projects across Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to prepare for the next wave of demolitions as they continue transforming the site. Crews with Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR are performing deactivation in 13 buildings at ORNL.
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UCOR honored with Culture Excellence Award for professional development
United Cleanup Oak Ridge has received the Top Workplaces 2024 Culture Excellence Award for Professional Development. It is the sixth award UCOR has received since it started participating in the Top Workplaces program to gather employee feedback. The Culture Excellence Award for Professional Development places a special focus on developing employee careers and enabling people to grow professionally. In the spring, the company received its first Culture Excellence Award, this one for Compensation and Benefits …
Safety
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.
