Say goodbye to the 80-degree weather for a bit. A cold front moves in today, lowering temperatures this week. The highs for the next few days will be in the 60s, with lows dipping into the upper 30s and 40s. We’ll warm up into the 70s on Thursday and Friday, and then another cold front…
Today, crews at ORNL Isotope Row used a 110-ton crane to remove pipe bridges and radiological filter houses from the roofs of Buildings 3030, 3031, and 3032. The team will continue to work deactivation and demolition preparation activities for demo to start this summer.
The ETTP Surveillance and Maintenance (S&M) team has earned a TeamsCount Award for clearing out decades of excess inventory from the K-1036 A-bay building. UCOR previously struggled with unknown inventory in A-bay, leading to unnecessary new purchases. Tasked by the Heritage Center Enterprise APM, the S team, alongside Rachel Hadden, inventoried everything. Their innovative solution:…
You hear a lot about “AI” these days. But what is it? Think of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as giving computers the power to think and learn, much like humans do. AI helps machines do tasks that normally need human smarts, like understanding what you say, solving problems, or even creating new things. You use AI…
The Walk Across the Reservation program kicks off April 6 and will continue through May 31. You can form a team of four people and select a team captain, who will complete the registration form (attached to this email or available on the UCOR Hub Elevate page). Forms should be submitted to Wellness@orcc.doe.gov before March…
UCOR representatives recently attended the Spring 2026 University of Tennessee Engineering Expo. The event hosted 153 companies to meet with over 1,200 engineering students. The UCOR team met with students to provide company information, promote our summer internship program, and answer questions about different engineering disciplines. The expo, UT’s premier event for recruiting engineering students…
We will be heading back into the 70s this weekend as the cold front that has brought below-freezing temperatures moves out of the region. Today will still be chilly with a high of only 46. Tomorrow will be almost 20 degrees warmer. By Sunday, temperatures will be approaching 80 before a slight cooldown early next…
