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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What's New
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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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 …
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The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) Transuranic Waste Processing Center is one of the first locations in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) complex to initiate a new treatment process for cellulosic waste approved by EM’s Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO).
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Community members interested in exploring career opportunities on the Oak Ridge Reservation are invited to attend the UCOR Scarboro Workforce Workshop on Thursday, November 7. The workshop will be held from 5-7p.m. in the Scarboro Community Center, located at 148 Carver Ave. in Oak Ridge.
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.