Three workers in personal protective equipment investigating the hot cells in ORNL Building 3517.

Prepping ORNL Building 3517 for deactivation

Getting former nuclear facilities ready for demolition can involve a wide variety of activities, from removing asbestos lined pipes and tiles to decontaminating old equipment. We have workers right now preparing the ORNL Fission Production Development Lab (Building 3517) for eventual demo. They are investigating the facility’s hot cells by taking radiation measurements and gathering…

UCOR awards $45,000 in STEM education mini-grants

For Immediate Release Contact: Chris Caldwell, UCOR Christopher.Caldwell@orcc.doe.gov UCOR awards $45,000 in STEM education mini-grants Oak Ridge, Tenn., May 20, 2024 – Drones, a manufacturing simulator lab, and hands on meteorology are among the classroom projects United Cleanup Oak Ridge Kindergarten students at Dyllis Springs Elementary build with Lego blocks. (UCOR) will fund through its 2024 mini-grants.…