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.
Latest Updates

What's New
For the first time ever, cleanup crews are conducting more than one demolition project simultaneously at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). While crews with the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR begin demolishing Building 3003, another team is tearing down the former Radioisotope Development Lab, one of the most contaminated structures at the site.

What's New
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have developed a first-of-its-kind training program for workers supporting cleanup at mercury-contaminated facilities. The program is designed to ensure protection of workers as they perform decontamination and deactivation in Manhattan Project and Cold War-era facilities to be demolished at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

What's New
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR completed an essential step to prepare for construction of a new onsite disposal facility: groundwater monitoring during the first of two wet seasons. The Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF) will provide the waste disposal capacity needed to continue OREM’s large scale cleanup projects at the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

What's New
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR are conducting the largest demolition to date at the Y-12 National Security Complex — teardown of the Alpha-2 building. Accomplishing a project of this scale requires specialized equipment and highly trained and skilled operators.




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.
