[This is final article in our series on neurodivergence, designed to help our team understand, support, and value the different ways we all process information.] Traditional workplaces often reward a specific type of worker: highly social, quick to speak in meetings, and comfortable making eye contact. However, these traits do not measure actual talent. Neurodivergent…
UCOR’s Industrial Hygiene (IH) team came up with an innovative way to strengthen worker safety while improving efficiency through a new initiative that brings equipment manufacturers directly to Oak Ridge work sites each month. Rather than relying solely on consulting instruction manuals or shipping equipment off-site for troubleshooting, IH professionals have created a unique opportunity…
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…
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…
You still have time to participate in the UCOR intern donation drive for Methodist Medical Center’s (MMC) Cancer Clinic. Monetary donations can be made to Shannon Potter, 701 Scarboro, Room 271, until Aug. 5. The donations will benefit patients receiving care at the center. The donation boxes have been moved to the 701 Scarboro lobby.…
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…
UCOR is transitioning from the superseded OUO orders (471.3, Identifying and Protecting Official Use Only Information, and 471.3-1, Manual for Identifying and Protecting Official Use Only Information)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…
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…
