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…
OSHA’s Safe & Sound Week is a nationwide event held each August that recognizes the successes of workplace safety and health programs. This year’s event, which starts on August 10, is focused on workplace safety and health recognition programs. As a Department of Energy Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Site, UCOR recognition and worker engagement…
The Women’s and Veterans Network are not only combining their meetings this month, but they are also bringing you a former veteran who is also our President and Program Manager, Jim Blankenhorn. The meeting will be held tomorrow from 11 a.m. to noon in the Meet + Train at 701 Scarboro. At this meeting, we will be…
The email addresses for DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) are changing. The format firstname.lastname@orem.doe.gov is changing to firstname.lastname@doe.gov (orem has been removed). Please begin using the new email format immediately to ensure continued communication without interruption. As part of this change, please remember to review and update any recurring meetings you have…
UCOR is upgrading to Type 2 hardhats to provide additional protection to our workforce. UCOR Safety Specialist Mel McKenzie discusses this change and the benefits of the new hardhats in the video linked above. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/EdC-Lobnr9k
A more active weather pattern will set up this evening into Wednesday with multiple waves of showers and storms. The first round of storms will move across areas northeast of Knoxville between 4 and 7 p.m. today, bringing heavy rainfall and high wind to a few communities. A few of those storms may clip Knox,…
(Problem‑Solving in Action is series of skill-specific articles to help you enhance your problem-solving.) When a problem shows up, it’s easy to fix the first thing you see. But many issues have deeper causes you can’t spot right away. If you fix only the surface‑level problem, it often comes back. A good problem‑solver takes time…
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 easier access to resources they need to stay healthy, fit for duty,…
