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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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.
UCOR recently received its first fully electric vehicle as part of a broader transition to an electric vehicle fleet across the EM complex. An important component of OREM’s integrated sustainability program, electric vehicles will be delivered as they become available through the U.S. General Services Administration and replace the existing inventory.
Transitioning the Oak Ridge fleet to electric vehicles is estimated to avoid up to 320 metric tons in carbon emissions and $50,000 in fuel costs each year.
To find out more, check out the full article here: www.energy.gov/em/articles/electric-vehicles-solar-arrays-drive-sustainability-oak-ridge
In September, we told you that work was getting underway to develop a new base of operations for UCOR at Y-12. The site, known as West OSY (Old Salvage Yard), is located outside of the Protected Area between the PIDAS fence and Old Bear Creek Road.
Work is in full swing now to prepare infrastructure for the trailers workers will need. That work is done in coordination with our subcontractor, CS Edgewater. Our team is working closely with Y-12 to coordinate tie-ins to active utilities. Pictured here are workers preparing the site, which includes grading the northwest corner of the site and also grading for driveway preparations. In addition, crews are demolishing and removing abandoned steam and condensate piping and installing supply water piping, underground sewer piping, and manholes.
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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).
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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.
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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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EM cleanup contractor UCOR recently opened a relocated and expanded health clinic, helping provide top care to its employees keeping the Oak Ridge Reservation safe. With a workforce of approximately 2,100 people, it’s important to have robust health and safety resources available onsite, especially as many employees conduct complex field work including deactivation and demolition on old, contaminated buildings.
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.
