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
Oak Ridge Disposal Facility Enters Next Phase of Construction
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have initiated the second phase of construction for the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF). OREM’s current onsite disposal facility is nearing full capacity after 20 years of safe operations. However, hundreds of buildings are slated for demolition in the future at the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Oak Ridge Readies for Next Demolition Project at ORNL
EM team members are priming three support facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for teardown in the near future. Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor UCOR is deactivating the Graphite Reactor ancillary facilities. The buildings include the filter house, or Building 3002, fan house, or Building 3003, and exhaust stack, or Building 3018.
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Hybrid Excavators and More: Oak Ridge’s Ambitious Pursuits in Sustainability
Developing more sustainable ways to perform work is a continuous focus on DOE’s Oak Ridge Reservation. The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR made major contributions to help EM reach last year’s goal to bring at least 150 electric vehicles to the cleanup program’s fleet.
What's New
Teachers encouraged to apply for UCOR STEM education mini-grants
Attention East Tennessee teachers: United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) is accepting applications for our science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Education Mini-Grants through Thursday, March 14. UCOR grant awards are open to K-12 educators in nine East Tennessee counties to support a STEM project or related arts project with a STEM aspect.
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Oak Ridge Transfers Largest Land Parcel Yet at East Tennessee Technology Park
The biggest land parcel transfer at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) has just been completed. DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has transferred a 365-acre tract where a powerhouse complex was once located to the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee (CROET).
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.