workers dressed in personnel protective equipment demonstrate spraying FerroBlack to suppress mercury vapors

Technology Development team demonstrates vapor suppression tool

One of many technologies UCOR is evaluating is spraying FerroBlack® on walls inside facilities where mercury vapors are present.  Our Technology Development team recently demonstrated the technique. Marketing materials from supplier Redox Solutions explain that FerroBlack® is a green chemistry that eliminates mercury vapors upon contact with contaminated surfaces and debris. It oxidizes and incorporates…

Crews recycling asphalt at Environmental Management Disposal Facility

Asphalt recycling–another sustainability project

A UCOR initiative diverted substantial amounts of construction materials from landfills by recycling asphalt from the decommissioned portion of Bear Creek Road. After removing the old road surface, 440 tons of asphalt was used at the Environmental Management Disposal Facility construction site. Additionally, 3,140 tons was transported to DuraCap Asphalt Company, who, in collaboration with…