NOW Conference Panel 2025

UCOR participates in Nuclear Opportunities Workshop

UCOR is a major sponsor of this week’s Nuclear Opportunities Workshop being held at the Knoxville Convention Center. Hosted by the East Tennessee Economic Council, the workshop drew more than 1,000 attendees, the largest participation ever. Joe Aylor, UCOR’s Director of Critical Projects, and OREM Manager Erik Olds participated in a morning panel entitled “Cleanup…

Food Drive 2025

Reminder: intern food drive underway

Food Drive benefiting Second Harvest Kids’ Backpack Program Foods to Donate: Single-serving sizes of applesauce, pudding cups, oatmeal packets, mixed fruit cups, Easy Mac bowls, peanut butter/cheese crackers, granola bars, nutrition bars, shelf-stable single serving milk boxes Collection Dates: July 14-28 Collection Locations: Boxes are located at various UCOR work locations   IMPORTANT ** Food…

COOP accountability drill to be held Aug. 7

UCOR will conduct a quarterly Continuity of Operations (COOP) accountability exercise on Thursday, Aug. 7, beginning at 11 a.m. The accountability exercise is designed to demonstrate UCOR’s ability to account for all UCOR and staff augmentation personnel. The exercise is initiated by notification to management. Each functional organization may conduct accountability using established points of…

Money (Coins)

Tennessee sales tax holiday being held this weekend

Tennessee’s traditional sales tax holiday on clothing, school supplies, and computers begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 25, 2025, and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, 2025. During this time clothing, school supplies, and computers may be purchased tax-free.  Certain restrictions apply.  Items sold online are also eligible. Items must be purchased…

Sodium shield unloading

First shipment of sodium shields arrives in Texas

Nineteen months of coordination and planning have finally paid off as the first shipment of sodium shields departed from the Oak Ridge Reservation to Veolia’s facility located at Waste Control Specialists in Andrews, Texas. This is the first of three shipments that will be made under the Sodium Shield Vitrification Demonstration Project . This project…