American Heart Month Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States: One person dies every 34 seconds from cardiovascular disease. In 2023, 1 in 3 deaths were attributed to cardiovascular disease. Someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. About 1 in 5 heart attacks is silent—the damage is done but the person is…
OREM and UCOR hosted a public meeting Thursday featuring poster stations that allowed attendees to interact with subject matter experts. More than 70 people attended the event, held at the Oak Ridge Conference Center. With this being the first public information meeting in FY 2026, attendees asked questions about goals for this fiscal year. They…
A small but mighty ORNL Nuclear Operations crew responded to the cold and snow over the last two weekends. They conducted the following activities at Liquid and Gaseous Waste Operations facilities and Surveillance and Maintenance facilities across ORNL. Snow clearing: Removal of accumulated snow from access roads, parking lots, walkways, and operational routes to maintain…
Beginning Feb. 19, the Mental Wellbeing Center will be conducting three distinct Lunch & Learn events on navigating some of the biggest challenges that we face throughout life involving career, relationships, financial concerns, and more. These presentations are focused on providing insight and solutions and will include different Q&A panels of UCOR peers sharing their…
This is your last chance to join the Better Together challenge! If you’ve been thinking about signing up, now is the time to jump in and commit to yourself—with the support of a coworker by your side. Better Together is designed to help you focus on one meaningful goal over an 8-week period while staying…
UCOR President and CEO Ken Rueter was the featured guest on this weekend’s broadcast of WBIR-TV’s “Inside Tennessee.” He discussed UCOR’s cleanup work and the future of the Oak Ridge Reservation. Watch the show here.
With last week’s retirement of Charlie Malarkey, Jill DeMella is now leading the Administrative Services organization. Jill has been serving as the deputy manager since Nov. 3. Jill has extensive experience managing human capital programs. She comes to UCOR from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where she was Executive Director of Human Capital Policy…
January 10 Years Thomas Kohler, Waste Integration February 40 Years Charles Curtis, Engineering 35 Years Carol Russell, Human Resources 15 Years Nicolas Houston, Electrical Program 10 Years Jason Champion, Engineering Robert Duncan, Waste Operations Marcus Williams, Engineering 5 Years Matthew (Tyler) Smith, IT and Technology Services Shana York, Asset & Leased Mgmt. Facilities
UCOR will be operating on a normal work schedule tomorrow. Please report to your assigned work location. However, we realize that road conditions may not be the same for everyone’s commute to the worksite, so please use your best judgment on whether you can make it in or need to delay your commute. If you can’t…
