UCOR launches Thrive to improve workforce wellbeing

Keeping the workforce healthy is critical to delivering UCOR’s important cleanup mission. As the physical and mental demands of environmental cleanup continue to evolve, UCOR’s new program, Thrive, represents a commitment to continuously improving the health, resilience, and long-term wellbeing of its workforce. By combining existing programs under one umbrella, employees will have more and…

Two UCOR interns receive Amentum scholarships

Congratulations to our interns who received Amentum scholarship awards. Of the 16 awards given across Amentum this year, two were awarded to UCOR interns. The awardees are: Sophia Kim, Technology Development intern (Carnegie Mellon University – Mechanical engineering): $2,500 Kellen Hurley, Waste Programs intern (University of Wisconsin-Madison – Biological Systems Engineering): $1,000 The mission of…

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UCOR salutes August service milestones

Congratulations to the following employees for reaching these key career milestones with UCOR. Take a moment to say congratulations to them on these important milestones: 35 Years Wayne Sproles, Y-12 D&D 10 Years Nicholas Seim, Radiological Protection Thomas Trew, Facility Maintenance 5 Years Dottie Beach, Security Jesse Hilton, ORNL Nuclear Ops S&H Natalie Vaden, Technical…

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How to mark Controlled Unclassified Information

UCOR is transitioning from the superseded OUO orders (471.3, Identifying and Protecting Official Use Only Information, and 471.3-1, Manual for Identifying and Protecting Official Use Only Information) to the new marking requirements of DOE O 471.7, Controlled Unclassified Information. View the CICO web page for all the information pertaining to CUI. All UCOR employees should have completed…

The dangers of electrical backfeeding

Backfeeding occurs when electricity flows in the opposite direction of its normal path. If a secondary power system (solar arrays, generators, or batteries) is connected to a building’s electrical system without a properly engineered isolation or transfer switch, it can feed electricity backward into the main panel and utility lines. This backfeeding turns an assumed-de-energized…

Isotope Row demolition begins

To the UCOR Workforce: UCOR has embarked on the next chapter of cleanup that is opening opportunities at ORNL’s central campus. On Monday, we began demolishing the first of ten isotope research and production facilities, known collectively as Isotope Row. In addition to eliminating the risk posed by these aging structures, demolishing them frees up…