This month’s episode of Energycast focuses on OREM’s ambitious cleanup goals for 2026. One item is already complete with UCOR’s removal of the 325,000-square-foot Alpha-2 facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex. This project showcases the scale of the work underway and contributed to the 64 million pounds of waste removed in 2025. This month,…
After a forecast of significant snow and ice this past weekend, UCOR’s Landfill Operations initiated its winter storm recovery plan to get landfill operations on the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) back up and running. Prior to the storm, Landfill Operations implemented various recovery plan efforts to minimize damage, including covering selected waste on the sites,…
UCORs Quality Assurance System (QAS) can capture any compensatory measures that may be or have been in place until actions have been completed. For Significant or Adverse Issues, consider documenting them within QAS. This feature is found under the “Analysis” tab within the Issue. If compensatory measures aren’t needed or used, justification can also be…
P.J. Blaylock is a laborer working at Y-12 and has been with UCOR for 6 years. She is currently working with the CSLM project at Beta-1. She loves spending time with her four small dogs and also with family members. To learn more about P.J., watch the video here.
To the UCOR Workforce: While you might have seen news of a potential partial government shutdown, I wanted to confirm that UCOR’s work is funded and our work will not be impacted. Congress has passed and the President has signed the “FY26 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Act,” a comprehensive $40 billion spending measure that…
