[Supervisor Success: Mastering People Skills & Cultivating High-Performing Teams is a monthly series from UCOR’s Human Resources Manager Mary Alice Douglass designed to support front line supervisors.] Trust is the foundation of everything good in a team, from working together easily to openly sharing ideas and hitting big goals. You build trust through your actions,…
The Mental Wellbeing Center (MWC) has wrapped up a series of lunch and learn events focused on different age groups, drawing in over 60 participants today in the final event of the series, Flourishing successfully in your 60s and onward. This session focused on several challenges common among those in that age group. In total,…
Late last week, Oak Ridge Reservation Landfill (ORRL) “water warriors” responded to an urgent leachate disposal and pump replacement operation during water management activities at UCOR’s onsite landfills. Personnel quickly identified that the Landfill IV lift station sump — containing leachate from Landfill IV — was full following one inch of rainfall. Crews quickly pumped…
Almost 100 people attended the Women’s Network monthly meeting to hear from women in leadership roles, including two special guests from Amentum and OREM. During the meeting, multiple topics were addressed by the panel, including specific industry challenges, leadership journey and development in DOE/nuclear, culture and the future of the workforce, and specific questions diving…
UCOR Property Management must complete an annual 100% physical property inventory. Material clerks will be coming by offices in the coming weeks to scan the barcodes on your property. To achieve this inventory in a timely manner, all members of the workforce should go into their PRISM accounts as soon as possible and verify that…
This week’s focus is momentum–the steady forward movement that builds when small, intentional actions begin to add up. Momentum doesn’t come from doing everything perfectly. It comes from showing up consistently, even in small ways. By now, you may have noticed patterns forming, habits taking shape, or simply a greater sense of awareness around your…
Brad Tune is serving as UCOR’s Acting Director of Critical Projects, replacing Joe Aylor, who recently accepted a new position outside of UCOR. Brad joined UCOR as Enterprise Integration Manager in 2022. His career includes experience with Bechtel National supporting the Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 and with South Carolina Electric & Gas constructing nuclear…
Jeff Bass is a laborer working on the CSLM project at Beta-1 on the Y-12 footprint. He has been working at UCOR for 3 years. He and his wife have been married for 31 years and have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Jeff is also Alderman for the City of Oliver Springs. To learn more,…
Congratulations to the Water Quality Team for their TeamsCount Award. This team faced a “perfect storm” during a one-week period. Heavy rains hit just when they had a lot of samples to collect at EMWMF. Despite the tough weather, the team collected a record 1,195 samples! Many of these were big, one-gallon bottles. They also…
