We round out our celebration of National Engineers Week today by hearing from the managers of the remaining two of the five engineering groups. John Huber tells us about his Engineering Programs team and Lucas Tipton wraps it up for us with information about the Engineering Core Services team. We obviously have an excellent engineering…
We continue our celebration of National Engineers Week and the ~100 engineers serving the cleanup mission here at UCOR. Today, we are going to hear about the engineering team for the Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC). Kyle Peterson, TWPC Engineering Manager, talks about what they do and who they are in this video.
UCOR is in full gear as it performs environmental cleanup at the White Wing Scrap Yard, supporting federal land reuse opportunities. Watch the video to find out more about this unique cleanup effort.
Recently, a contaminated waste container at ORNL TRU Waste showed signs of degradation and several UCOR teams came together to resolve the issue. ORNL Nuclear Operations provided resources for operational task supervision, planning, radiological protection, and chemical operator support to aid the ORNL TRU Waste organization in responding promptly. Radiological protection and industrial hygiene programs…
UCOR’s deactivation and demolition (D&D) teams are making substantial progress at the former 210,000-square-foot Beta-1 uranium enrichment facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Following deactivation, the current focus is to fill the basement with controlled low-strength material (CLSM)—a concrete mixture— to stabilize the foundation for demolition equipment, with completion anticipated in May. A significant…
Inside ORNL’s former Radioisotope Development Laboratory (Building 3026), UCOR is using the Brokk remotely operated excavator to deactivate the remaining portion of the final hot cell inside. They have now successfully filled and removed the first drum of waste from the hot cell. Watch the video here.
An unexpected leak developed in a potable water line at the ORNL Process Waste Treatment Complex (PWTC) Building 3608 late on Sunday, and by the end of the day on Monday UCOR’s ORNL Nuclear Operations team had isolated the leak and restored potable water to critical components. Potable water at Building 3608 is vital as…
A small but mighty ORNL Nuclear Operations crew responded to the cold and snow over the last two weekends. They conducted the following activities at Liquid and Gaseous Waste Operations facilities and Surveillance and Maintenance facilities across ORNL. Snow clearing: Removal of accumulated snow from access roads, parking lots, walkways, and operational routes to maintain…
A significant amount of vegetation and trees were recently removed at the Heritage Center surrounding Outfall 724 and the adjunct 770 embayment. The work was performed by AISI-CTI JV, a joint venture subcontract between AIS Infrastructure and CTI and Associates, Inc. AISI-CTI JV was originally onboarded for tree removal at the Environmental Management Disposal Facility;…
After a forecast of significant snow and ice this past weekend, UCOR’s Landfill Operations initiated its winter storm recovery plan to get landfill operations on the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) back up and running. Prior to the storm, Landfill Operations implemented various recovery plan efforts to minimize damage, including covering selected waste on the sites,…
