At ORNL Building 3032, UCOR crews have completed the isolation of the first of six local ventilation systems in this section of Isotope Row. Isolating the ventilation systems involves removing duct work to prep the filter house for packaging and shipment. To ensure worker safety, workers installed passive fall protection systems and stairs for roof…
In coordination with National Fire Prevention Month, the FY 2026 evacuation drills are scheduled for Oct. 15 for 90 Union Valley Road, 100 Union Valley Road, 105 Mitchell Road, 701 Scarboro Road, EMWMF, K-1036, and K-1310 LM & RU. All UCOR workforce personnel and visitors present at these facilities will be expected to participate in the…
For the next several days, our weather will make the days seem like carbon copies of each other. Through next week, we will hover around 80 for highs, with lows dipping into the upper 50s each night. Rain changes are very limited as skies will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Our next significant chance…
Thank you to everyone who completed the feedback survey for UCOR Hub. You can read the survey results here. The responses were generally positive. Some issues were identified that we have already addressed or are exploring how to address. Those are outlined in the article. Search issues. If you are having difficulty finding things with the search…
As a part of continued cleanup and closure at the ETTP Heritage Center, approximately 100 pieces of heavy equipment used as part of our D&D and remedial action activities were deemed excess due to the end of equipment’s life expectancy and being radiologically contaminated. The baseline assumption was for all equipment to be radiologically surveyed…
UCOR’s ORNL Nuclear Operations recently conducted a two-week outage at Building 3608, which took part of the Process Waste Treatment System offline. The outage consisted of 23 corrective maintenance and service work orders. Some key maintenance activities included repair of the Dual Media Filter Vessels, discharge piping, filter press room maintenance, and the F-1003 mixer…
Phil James has been appointed as UCOR’s Project Integration Manager, effective Oct. 6. In this role, Phil will be responsible for overseeing the successful integration of various project components, ensuring seamless coordination across departments, and driving the achievement of our strategic project objectives. He will play a crucial role in enhancing our project controls capabilities…
If you have questions about anything happening at UCOR, you can submit those through the UCOR Feedback tool of UCOR Hub. There are two sections: Ideas and Forums. The Forum section has a variety of topics under which you can ask a question. Those are: Facilities (facility management questions) General (general UCOR questions and questions that don’t fall into the other topics)…
UCOR crews are working to identify a source of high radiation in Hot Cell No. 2 in Building 3029, located in ORNL’s Isotope Row. The hot cell is a heavily shielded concrete structure used to protect lab workers from radiation during experiments. Using custom long-handled tools and radiation-resistant cameras, workers are placing suspect materials in…
