UCOR’s Perkes awarded DOE VPP Contractor Champions Award
For Immediate Release Contact: Chris Caldwell Christopher.Caldwell@orcc.doe.gov…
Alpha-2 team marks milestone
It’s been a long, hot summer for the team at our Y-12 Alpha-2 project, working tropical and night shifts to get the job done. But it sure is paying off. They have reached a significant milestone, getting the west side of the massive building as well as the carpenter shop 9732-2 condemned. Congratulations, team!! They…
Special Project Video: Oak Ridge Research Reactor
Watch Larry Brede, UCOR site integration and cleanup manager, and Hoss Brown, Oak Ridge Research Reactor building manager, discuss the recent accomplishments on the project. https://youtu.be/iwtQS_BetQo
Tennessee Chamber recognizes UCOR for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Excellence
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Crews maintain decades old landfill
UCOR is continuously taking actions to ensure that our landfills stay safe and effective. Our landfill team improved stormwater drainage across the landfill cap on a sanitary landfill that has been closed for almost 30 years. The team worked with the TN Department of Environment and Conservation to decide a sustainable, cost-effective approach to improve…
UCOR scores EPA excellence award
UCOR was one of six organizations on a project team to receive an Environmental Protection Agency’s Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse award for work at the East Tennessee Technology Park. The project team also included the DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, CROET, EPA Region 4, City of Oak Ridge, and the Tennessee…
Special Workforce Spotlight: Courtney Julius
Our final special workforce spotlight to celebrate Vision 2024 is Courtney Julius. Courtney, who has a long tenure with UCOR, is the Waste Program Manager at the East Tennessee Technology Park,. In her spotlight, Courtney talks about the magnitude of the project to complete field work and soil remediation at ETTP, especially after we removed…
Special Workforce Spotlight: Ryan Cannady
Next up in our series of special workforce spotlights celebrating Vision 2024 is Ryan Cannady. Ryan is the Environmental Safety and Health Manager at the East Tennessee Technology Park,. He has been a key player in completing the milestone we call Vision 2024, which is completing field work and soil remediation at ETTP. At UCOR,…
Special Workforce Spotlight: Jimmy Hughes
The second in our series of special workforce spotlights for Vision 2024 is Jimmy Hughes. Jimmy is the Area Project Manager at the East Tennessee Technology Park, where we have completed field work and soil remediation. We call that milestone Vision 2024 and we are celebrating achieving it. https://youtu.be/N54fjSa6Wxk
Last of Oak Ridge Research Reactor removed
UCOR successfully removed the lower reactor vessel from the Oak Ridge Research Reactor (Building 3042) at the Oak Ridge national Lab. Workers lowered a 72-inch diamond wire saw to cut the final pieces that held the lower reactor vessel in place at the bottom of the reactor pool. They used a 20-ton overhead crane to…
