UCOR’s Personal Property Management team has achieved a significant milestone, successfully transferring vital remotely operated demolition equipment from another DOE cleanup site. This strategic acquisition, carried out through the newly implemented Management of Portable Equipment Program, has resulted in an impressive cost savings of over $1.7 million by avoiding the purchase of new equipment. The…
UCOR President and CEO Ken Rueter reflects on a successful 2025 and wishes the workforce a happy holiday season. Watch the video here.
This week, UCOR’s Zone 2 Electrical Ductbank project team completed dewatering the last set of vaults on the K-25 footprint at Heritage Center. The ductbank vaults contained cables that once supplied power to K-25 and nearby facilities. Crews initiated dewatering the final 38 vaults on the west side of the K-25 slab in early September and have…
The December episode of Energycast features how UCOR Project Manager Brian Hutson’s questioning attitude is saving taxpayers $16 million and accelerating one of the largest demolitions at the Y-12 National Security Complex by a year and a half. In other news, DOE and the Environmental Protection Agency determined that nearly half of the federally owned…
As part of its proactive 2025 winterization campaign, UCOR’s ORNL Nuclear Operations team has successfully installed innovative monitoring lights on new piping at the 2600 Process Waste Facility. This upgrade is a crucial step in safeguarding the facility’s operations, particularly for its Liquid and Gaseous Waste Operations. “The new red heat trace lights serve as…
UCOR has made substantial progress preparing Y-12’s Beta-4 building for demolition, particularly in establishing critical infrastructure to support ongoing deactivation and demolition efforts. To optimize efficiency and safety during D&D operations, Beta-4 crews have partnered with Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) and other internal and external organizations to construct temporary facilities. This strategic relocation places crews…
UCOR crews are removing lead from two rooms of Y-12’s Alpha-2 building, which is currently undergoing demolition. The lead is estimated to weigh more than 783,000 pounds. It will be packaged and shipped offsite for disposition next summer. Watch the Quick Clip video to see workers in action.
UCOR’s Deactivation and Demolition (D&D) teams at the Y-12 National Security Complex’s 561,000-square-foot Alpha-4 facility are making substantial progress in preparing the former uranium separation facility for deactivation. Building on achieving “cold & dark” status in August, crews have successfully completed sorting and segmenting 447 legacy containers ahead of schedule. These shipments of legacy waste…
UCOR’s Y-12 D&D craft are constructing temporary facilities to place workers closer to the Beta-4 and Alpha-5 buildings. They’ve placed seven concrete pads to support electrical racks and equipment that will provide power to these temporary facilities, which will support upcoming deactivation and demolition work. Click the video link to view this work. https://youtu.be/sqY0BOFADWM?si=6KIXGeNrDe4jyi3P
Crews have removed the fifth and final hot cell from ORNL Building 3038, Isotope Development Laboratory. This is the last piece of large equipment to be removed from the facility before deactivation. The hot cell will be transported to TRU Waste Operations for storage until TWPC is ready to process it. Building 3038 was constructed…
