The UCOR Nuclear Operations team successfully replaced the J-2101 A/B/C Discharge to 3608 piping and components as part of the overall 2600 Piping Replacement Project. This system transports radiological water collected from various locations to ORNL Building 3608 for final processing. Crews are currently installing heat trace and insulation. This replacement is the tenth of…
Underscoring a strong, worker-driven safety culture, UCOR’s Y-12 Deactivation and Demolition (D&D) team has worked over one year (more than 500,000 hours) without a Total Recordable Case (TRC) or a reported Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) incident. To better understand this accomplishment, a TRC is the total number of recordable work-related injuries or illnesses.…
Tausha Mott is a nurse practitioner at Health Services and has been with UCOR for 3.5 years. She and her husband have a 10-month-old boy, and they love to attend UT basketball games. You’ll likely see them at the March Madness tournament. To learn more, watch the video.
After some winter-like temperatures over the past couple of days, we will be warming up tomorrow, with the high temperature reaching 57 degrees. Temperatures will gradually rise each day until we reach the upper 60s by the weekend. Overnight lows for this week will be in the upper 30s, rising to the upper 40s for…
To the UCOR Workforce: Today we celebrate the contributions of our military veterans, whose sacrifice and personal commitment have helped ensure our freedom and personal liberties. Team UCOR includes several veterans from all branches of the military, and I’m sure everyone joins me in expressing their appreciation and gratitude for these individuals’ service to our…
