Above-ground piping replacements complete at Building 2600
Before: Decades old piping After: New stainless steel piping The ORNL Nuclear Operations team has finished a two-and-a-half-year piping replacement project…
ORNL evacuation exercise planned for next week
ORNL’s annual Laboratory-wide Facility Evacuation Exercise is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19. The exercise will begin with the sounding of the Standard Alert Tone, followed by voice instructions by the Laboratory Shift Superintendent (LSS) over the public address, Wide Area Radio System (WARS), and desktop alert system. The exercise will last for…
Solve it smart: five steps to becoming a problem-solving pro
[This article is part of the Employee Edge: Sharpen Your Skills & Drive Your Impact series from Total Career Management Services.] Problems often pop up at work. Strong problem-solving skills help us tackle these challenges head-on and discover the best answers. This means you analyze a problem, think about different ways to fix it, and…
Important tip when evacuating a building – use stairs only
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 an evacuation, you will be notified by ESWO, ORNL LSS, Y-12 PSS, and OROC through the mass notification system. The biggest takeaway to remember when evacuating a building is to never…
July iQuestion winner announced
UCOR’s July iQuestion winner is Vincent Chabot. Vincent displayed an excellent questioning attitude last month. When discussing the MSRE Continuous Purge System, he identified a potential hazard, the liquid nitrogen tank. Through discussion and problem solving with his team, he improved our control of this hazard by eliminating it instead of utilizing a Lockout Tagout.…
