Today will be another hot day, with a high of 95. A weak summertime cold front will push through this afternoon, resulting in scattered thunderstorms between 3 and 10 p.m. Damaging winds and localized flooding are possible. Many of us will see no precipitation. High temperatures will be in the low 90s for the rest…
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’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…
[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…
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…
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.…
Today’s joint meeting of the Women’s and Veterans’ networks marked the first ever collaborative network meeting, and attendees gained valuable knowledge and insight from the guest speakers. The speakers included UCOR President and Program Manager Jim Blankenhorn and Amentum Senior Vice President for Operations, Energy and Environment Cheryl Cabbil. Jim, who served as a Brigadier…
Temperatures will be in the 90s for the next several days, reaching the mid-90s by the weekend. With high humidity, the feels-like temperatures will be well in excess of 100 degrees through next week. Isolated thunderstorms are possible during the next few days with a 40 percent chance of precipitation each day through Friday. If…
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Requisition Readiness Integration (RRI) team. This centralized team will be chartered to continue to drive efficiencies in our procurement process to ensure full integration between Acquisition Services and our operations enterprises/technical project teams. By designing clear scopes of work and building complete, error-free requisition packages,…
Some employees may recently have received—or will soon receive—a Cologuard® colorectal cancer screening kit in the mail from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST). Fully insured group members were automatically included in this preventive health initiative. While we believe this is a highly beneficial program to help catch health issues early, we want to ensure you…
