Safely Reducing Environmental Risks. 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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Calling all teachers! The application period for UCOR's 2025 STEM Education Mini-Grants closes this Friday, March 14. K-12 teachers in Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, Scott, and Union counties (and their city systems) can apply. Get the details and apply online at ucor.com/minigrants/ #UCORCares
Shoutout to Gina Allison and Tim Hughes from our Radiological Protection (RP) Continuing Training Program for developing a new interactive escape room training. The exercise combines elements from previous training that participants use as a team to solve RP puzzles and clues to “break free” in the fastest time. Great idea Gina and Tim! #SafetyCulture #Innovation
Meet Patrick Gilmartin, Project Manager for UCOR Critical Projects Enterprise and Integration. His favorite part of the job? Interacting with our client and other contractors. Patrick is a graduate of Lincoln Memorial University where he played golf and met his wife. They are now parents to four-year-old Henry and two-year-old Owen. In his free time, Patrick coaches Henry’s tee-ball team and enjoys hunting and fishing. youtu.be/A8fo5wwlh90?feature=shared
Congrats to our team that handles the multitude of Unreviewed Safety Question Determination (USQD) requests that our work requires. Kudos to Jamie Bailey, Karen Balo, Mac Carmen, John Clifton, Cameron Durham, Adrian Harris, Ian Gross, Robert Maglasang, Mike Natzke, Tracey Rast, Daniel Theisen, and Jose Valez. Their exceptional, timely response to these daily requests earned them a TeamsCount award. Keep up the great work! #YouEarnedIt
What's New
Oak Ridge Crews Prepare Fission Production Lab for Demolition
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) notched a significant cleanup achievement after crews finished characterizing all 21 hot cells at a Cold War facility, a complex task that informs plans to safety remove waste and prepare the structure for demolition. As part of the characterization work, OREM and cleanup contractor UCOR identified the types and levels of contamination in the former Fission Production Development Lab, known as Building 3517, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
What's New
Crews Remove Legacy Waste Stored at ORNL for Over 50 Years
Gone from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is legacy radioactive waste that had been stored there for more than 50 years, thanks to continued cleanup progress from the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR. Employees at the Transuranic Waste Processing Center recently completed processing and shipment of a highly radioactive source, comprised of the isotope radium-226 and boron, out of state for permanent disposal.
What's New
USA Today names UCOR a national Top Workplace for a second year
At a recent ceremony in Las Vegas, USA Today and Energage named United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) to their list of national Top Workplaces. The award was based solely on feedback provided by the UCOR workforce through a confidential survey conducted by Energage. UCOR is the lead cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge Reservation.
What's New
Oak Ridge Begins Groundwater Demonstration for Disposal Facility Project
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have finished fieldwork and begun monitoring groundwater elevations for a study at the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF) site. This marks the second major phase for the EMDF project. This past summer, teams completed the first phase, early site preparation, five months ahead of schedule and $12.3 million under budget.
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.
