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 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…
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…
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,…
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
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…
As we approach our celebration event for completion of Vision 2024 (completion of field work and soil remediation at the East Tennessee Technology Park), we are showcasing some of the leaders who helped drive the project. First up, meet Amanda Human, one of the project managers at ETTP. https://youtu.be/tuEC5UHwxO0
Workers at Y-12 National Security Complex continue cleanup activities in the basement of the Alpha-2 building as UCOR prepares for demolition of the massive facility this fall. Workers are filling the basement area zones 1 & 2, covering approximately 3000 cubic yards with a concrete mixture that will create a slab for heavy equipment to…
Meet Bradley Russell, UCOR’s new Sustainability Manager. Before coming to UCOR, Bradly oversaw the sustainability program for NNSA’s Y-12 and Pantex facilities. Hear how this father of two small boys also pursues his passion for falconry.
At ORNL’s Isotope Row, our crews are making steady progress deactivating the buildings there. Recently, they removed four krypton tanks from Building 3093, a former storage facility. The 2,000-pound, 9-foot-long tanks stored krypton, which was used in thermal diffusion operations. Building 3093 was constructed in the 1950s as part of the Isotopes Program. The processing…
