It’s that time of year when preparations begin for maintaining fields and grounds surrounding the buildings and other facilities at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The ORNL Nuclear Operations grounds equipment operators and laborers, supervised by Brandon Houston, are getting their equipment ready for upcoming maintenance activities. This year will be a little different…
The Total Career Management Services (TCMS) team has created a new employee development program called SparkSeries. The aim of the series is to provide additional learning and growth opportunities that are in addition to the required, assigned training. Through the SparkSeries, TCMS will offer quarterly workshops designed to help participants sharpen their skills and gain…
This month, our skill spotlight for UCOR University is building trust. Regardless of your place in the organization, a senior leader, front line manager, or team member, trust is critical to your success. Following are links to a few of the videos in UCOR University about building trust: Lead with Confidence and Clarity: Build Trust…
The Mental Wellbeing Center will be hosting a new educational workshop called Navigating Change: Resistance, Resignation, & Acceptance. This virtual-only workshop, planned for 11:30 a.m., Thursday, April 2, will be focused on how we respond to change and how we can move forward with acceptance and pivot toward actions that keep us engaged and aligned…
The Measurement & Test Equipment (M&TE) group is transitioning from Engineering to Quality. To ensure that your communications reach the right people in M&TE, you should use their newly established central email address: MTEGroup@orcc.doe.gov, During the transition, the staff will be doing several things: conducting a complete inventory of UCOR’s M&TE assets establishing central and satellite…
In the March episode of Energycast, we cover DOE’s largest land transfer yet and experts explain the federal land transfer process. DOE recently transferred 700 acres to the community for economic development reuse. Two nuclear energy companies have already announced plans to invest a combined $6.7 billion on those parcels. LIS Technologies announces plans to…
Workers at ORNL’s Isotope Row have successfully removed the Process Off Gas and Central Ventilation System lines. These old piping systems contained high levels of transuranic isotopes, requiring specific removal to ensure all contaminants were contained. To remove the systems, crews applied an expandable foam to the interior of the lines and used glove bags…
We’ve gotten some great headlines about our work at Y-12, land transfers, and UCOR’s partnership with the University of Tennessee. Following are links to those: Alpha-4 at Y-12 demolition prep: WBIR, The Oak Ridger, Knoxville Daily Sun UCOR & UT expand university collaboration: The Oak Ridger, EurekAlert!, Nuclear Newswire, Science X DOE completes largest land…
ORNL will conduct the annual Take Cover exercise on Wednesday, March 25. The Take Cover exercise will be initiated by ORNL LSS Public Address System announcement, WARS radio, the ORNL Mass Notification System, and the UCOR Mass Notification System. UCOR personnel will be participating in the exercise and expected to demonstrate the proper actions to…
