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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UCOR President and CEO Ken Rueter and Department of Energy - Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management Manager Jay Mullis and participated in a National Cleanup Workshop panel: “Highlighting the Next Phase of EM Successes.” The two discussed the recently celebrated success of Vision 2024. #EnvironmentalCleanup #NCW2024
UCOR’s Joe Aylor participated in a special Early Career Professional Session at this year’s National Cleanup Workshop. Panelists discussed the importance of getting supplementary career experiences to enhance professional development. Aylor shared the value of understanding multiple aspects of a business, using his rotation in business development as an example. Aylor noted that the experience gave him a better understanding of what best serves the customer. #ProfessionalDevelopment #NCW2024
As the lead cleanup contractor for Department of Energy - Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management United Cleanup Oak Ridge and our teaming partners Strata-G, LLC RSI and Longenecker & Associates are proud of our $645,000 donation commitment over the next 5 years to East Tennessee Children's Hospital to expand regional behavioral health outreach at Children’s Oak Ridge Pediatrics facility. Oak Ridge Pediatrics will be the first primary care location in the Children’s Hospital network to offer behavioral health care. This donation will allow Children’s Hospital to hire two full-time behavioral care clinicians; purchase new technology; and offer mental health outreach education and first aid. #BehavioralHealth #SuicidePrevention
East Tennessee Children's Hospital on LinkedIn: East Tennessee Children's Hospital is excited to share the expansion of…
East Tennessee Children's Hospital is excited to share the expansion of our mental health education programs. Thanks to the support of United Cleanup Oak Ridge…
Crews at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor have been working for months to get the last waste loadout of asbestos, metal debris, and hazardous waste materials from the building’s experimental cells and utility tunnel—a total of 39,840 pounds—ready for shipping. Now workers can pour 8,300 cubic yards of concrete in the areas below the ground floor. #EnvironmentalCleanup
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Years of Prep Lead to Oak Ridge Achieving Latest EM Priority
Crews at Oak Ridge recently achieved a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management 2024 priority by initiating demolition on a facility in the Manhattan Project-era Alpha-2 complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex.The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR began deactivating the Alpha-2 complex in 2020. It includes three major buildings.
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UCOR’s Perkes awarded DOE VPP Contractor Champions Award
Another United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) safety professional has been recognized nationally for outstanding performance and commitment to the company’s safety culture. The Department of Energy Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) presented Tom Perkes, UCOR’s sustainability project manager, with the Contractor Champions Award at the Voluntary Protection Program Participants’ Association’s 2024 Safety+ Symposium in Colorado.
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Tennessee Chamber recognizes UCOR for outstanding Achievement in Environmental Excellence
The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry presented United Cleanup Oak Ridge with the organization’s Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Excellence Award at the Tennessee Sustainability Conference in Gatlinburg. The TCCI Environment and Energy Awards recognize businesses that have demonstrated outstanding achievement in environmental protection and enhancement.
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Crews Remove Reactor, Advance Major Deactivation Project at ORNL
Team members with Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor UCOR have successfully lifted and removed the lower reactor vessel from the Oak Ridge Research Reactor, also known as Building 3042. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management accomplishment was a major development for one of the largest deactivation projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
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.
