The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) have begun major field work to address an old scrapyard, a project that will remove risks and allow future industrial reuse on the land. The site, called White Wing Scrap Yard, is adjacent to an announced multibillion-dollar uranium enrichment facility and near the East Tennessee Technology Park, where private industry has announced billions of dollars in capital investments that will generate an estimated 2,500 new jobs.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and cleanup contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) are making significant headway preparing one of the most challenging facilities at the Y-12 National Security Complex for demolition. Alpha-4, a 510,000-square-foot structure covering 13 acres of land, enriched uranium during the Manhattan Project and processed lithium during the Cold War. Past operations inside the facility led to heavy mercury contamination.

Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) recently expanded a university partnership to provide unique learning opportunities for nuclear safety specialists supporting the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) mission. UCOR has partnered with local colleges and universities for more than a decade to help educate and train the next generation of workers.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) are “crushing it” at the legacy Alpha-4 building as an innovative approach to squashing old drums is accelerating waste disposal, avoiding $300,000 in costs and eliminating tasks with higher safety risks. This innovation builds on earlier cost savings at Alpha-4 resulting from the declassification of materials for more efficient disposal. Combined,