Crews are removing two structures from the EU-20 footprint at ETTP Heritage Center as part of the remaining facilities disposition effort. This area includes the north end of the previously demolished-25 Building. The K-2500-J tent, also known as the Segmentation Shop Storage Facility, was demolished and hauled to the ORRL last week. The K-2500-AB demolition…
Meet Walt Czekaj, our environmental, safety and radiological controls manager at the Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC). Walt enjoys working on DOE sites because of the emphasis on safety. He recently climbed 19,341 feet to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, talk about a trip of a lifetime!
UCOR has begun converting a former Disposal Area Remedial Action (DARA) storage facility for a new purpose. The facility, located just outside the Y-12 security footprint, will house a Technology Demonstration Testbed that will give space to test technologies that might aid in our cleanup mission. Workers will be installing a large overhead door in…
Crews at the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) Landfills recently completed construction of new sediment control and drainage features to allow for a 13-acre expansion of the Spoils Area. Once completed, this expansion will provide additional space for staging and potential reuse of excess clean soil and building debris from ORR cleanup and construction activities.
We are excited to have been honored with the Top Workplaces 2024 Culture Excellence Award for Professional Development. It is the sixth award UCOR has received since it started participating in the Top Workplaces program. The Culture Excellence Award for Professional Development places a special focus on developing employee careers and enabling people to grow…
For Immediate Release Contact: Chris Caldwell Christopher.Caldwell@orcc.doe.gov…
Meet Joe Barletto, a relatively new senior project manager for UCOR’s work at ORNL Building 3038 and the Isotope Row facilities. Hear him talk about living on a submarine, his family, and becoming a recent grandfather.
Workers at Oak Ridge Graphite Reactor (OGR) Buildings 3001/3002 have removed a 4,300-lb cement duct cap to perform radiological surveys, take characterization samples, and install a form to be used for pouring a concrete mixture into an outside ventilation duct. Once the characterization sample data has been verified, the entire duct will be filled with…
For Immediate Release Contact: Chris Caldwell Christopher.Caldwell@orcc.doe.gov…
Crews at Y-12’s Alpha-2 complex are in the home stretch. They have completed the outside demolition prep work for the main facility, including asbestos pipe abatement and removing tie-lines. They are also wrapping up final pumping and CLSM pours in the basement. The plan is to start demolition on the southwest corner in just a…
