Christopher “Lotty” Lottridge of Anchorage, Alaska, expects to graduate from Tennessee Technological University in December 2025 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He is working as an engineering intern. Lotty has previous experience with Coffman Engineers Anchorage working on the Alyeska Pipeline as a corrosion engineer. Lotty enjoys fishing, hiking, and hockey. He hopes to…
Congratulations to Andy Sweat and Austin Zinobile for their TeamsCount Award. A Fall Protection Plan and permit were in use for Room 127 at TWPC. The anchor points in Room 127 provided some challenges to the personnel working in this area. Austin and Andy worked together to identify some D-ring extenders that were used at…
Rain is expected tomorrow, with scattered storms and widespread downpours. We’ll get a slight break from the hot temperatures with a high of 81 degrees. However, the first day of Summer on Friday will usher in summer weather. The high Friday will be 85 degrees. For the next five days after that, high temperatures will…
EPA and TDEC joined DOE officials today at 701 Scarboro to celebrate the signing of a “No Further Action Record of Decision” (ROD), establishing that all necessary soil cleanup work for Zone 1 at ETTP has been completed. This is the first “No Further Action” ROD for the Oak Ridge Reservation. Zone 1, which is…
Sarah Livingston of Knoxville, Tennessee, expects to graduate from Tennessee Technological University in May 2026 with a degree in mechanical engineering. This summer she is working as an engineering intern. In her free time, Sarah enjoys playing pickleball, softball, and building Legos. She hopes to gain insight into what she wants to do with her…
Landon Liddell of Dyersburg, Tennessee, expects to graduate from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in May 2027 with a degree in nuclear engineering. This summer he is working as an engineering nuclear safety intern. Landon has previous experience with ERMCO as a safety intern. He spends his free time playing soccer, basketball, and golf. Landon…
All second quarter dosimeters must be returned to Dosimetry by close of business on July 14th. The old 2nd quarter dosimeter has a green strip. The new 3rd quarter dosimeter will have a red strip.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding caused nearly one-third of the 42,000 vehicle-related fatalities which occurred in 2022. About 87 percent of these speeding-related traffic fatalities occurred on non-interstate roads and streets. People often speed because they (1) believe the speed limit is unnecessary, (2) think they will not get caught, (3)…
UCOR has kicked off demolition of the Oak Ridge Graphite Reactor (OGR) support facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Crews began demolishing Building 3003, a fan house, on Thursday. The Graphite Reactor was built in the 1940s as part of the Manhattan Project. This is the first OGR support facility to be demolished. Also planned…
Ryan Lee of Sevierville, Tennessee, graduated from Western Governors University this May with a degree in computer science. This summer he is supporting the data analytics team as an intern. Ryan likes to spend his free time doing jiu-jitsu and scuba diving. He hopes to gain experience in data cleaning and visualization that will further…
