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…
UCOR’s Training & Development Program heard your feedback and has responded. Records Management 101 training is now in-house through LEARN. You will no longer have to complete the training through Learning Nucleus. In the past, the Training Program has received feedback from the workforce members on their user experience with Learning Nucleus, including inaccessibility, difficulty…
Today is the perfect time to recognize our finance team, who are the accountants and financial professionals who help maintain the economic health of our organization. Among the things they do for UCOR are managing payroll, timekeeping, accounts receivable & payable, and financial reporting. The next time you get your payroll deposit, think about these folks…
This week is Nurse Practitioner Week, meant to recognize the vital role of nurse practitioners in healthcare and in our workforce to keep our people mission ready. UCOR has five nurse practitioners dedicated to the well-being of the workforce: Amy Brummett, April Freeman, Tausha Mott, Lindsey Hatfield, and Kimberly Olsen. This group specializes in preventing…
Discounted tickets to the University of Tennessee vs New Mexico State football game are available to members of the UCOR and subcontractor workforce and their family members. The game will be held at 4:15 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. The deadline to purchase tickets is today at 11:59 p.m. Click here…
If you have signed up for classroom training, attending when scheduled is important. The Training & Development Program will be limiting extensions for people who have previously signed up for classroom training. They will only grant extensions for certain situations, such as illness, injury, other emergency circumstances, and interference with projects. UCOR has a workforce…
