In recent months, crews at TWPC have been busy working in the facility’s hot cell and using the manipulator arm to remotely handle high-hazard waste. Over the years, they have gained real-time experience and captured lessons learned in changing the manipulator arms. These changes are necessary due to wear and tear and are expected as…
Oak Ridge Reservation Landfills (ORRL) crews are expanding their spoils area as a proactive effort to preserve space in existing landfills. Spoils are clean dirt, soil, and similar materials that are generated by cleanup projects but are not considered waste. Staging these areas outside of the landfills help reserve space in landfills. Additionally, these spoils are…
Have you ever wondered how work gets safely executed on the Oak Ridge Reservation? Well now, you can see how the Work Control team have been focusing on continuous improvement efforts the past six months to safely improve performance across the reservation. Months of collaboration, feedback from craft and support groups, and careful consideration led…
UCOR Emergency Services has developed an Emergency Actions Guide to provide response recommendations for a wide variety of threats and hazards. In the event of a flash flood, UCOR ‘s Emergency Management Program recommends the following notes to keep you safe. There are many do’s and don’ts when a flash flood takes place. However, doing…
This morning many employees received emails asking them to log into DOE Workday. This is a legitimate email—DOE Workday is replacing DOE’s Learn Nucleus, which employees used for specific records management training. However, this training is now conducted in-house, and most employees are no longer required to take training through this system. Unless you are…
To All UCOR and Subcontractor Employees: United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) is committed to fostering and maintaining a strong safety culture to ensure a safety conscious work environment is established and nurtured through leadership, employee/worker engagement, and organizational learning. Management at all levels appreciates the value of employees raising concerns and actively supports an…
The Heritage Center Stormwater Project subcontractor, Aleut, recently performed cure-in-place pipe (CIPP) installation to repair deteriorated pipes at the site. UCOR engineering identified locations of deteriorating portions of the stormwater system at the Heritage Center site. Workers installed the soft sliplining material inside the deteriorating pipes and ran a special UV light through it to…
If you are a UCOR employee enrolled in health and welfare benefits, you’ll have a little more money in your paycheck this week. No deductions will be made for your health and welfare premiums. UCOR’s premium deductions for medical, dental, vision, accidental death & dismemberment, life, and voluntary benefits, are spread across 48 paychecks. These…
After reaching the low-70s for a high today, expect warmer weather for the rest of the week as high temperatures will be around 80 each day. We should remain dry today and tomorrow, but the chance for precipitation increases Wednesday through the weekend. On Sunday, we’ll cool down a bit with a high back to…
