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 easier access to resources they need to stay healthy, fit for duty,…
A collaborative effort between UCOR and the UT-Battelle (UT-B) HazMat Team recently led to the successful removal of highly complex legacy drums that previously came from ETTP. This major milestone represents a critical step toward determining downstream disposal paths for legacy materials. Physical operations began with the UT-B HazMat Team using the REMOTECH Spartan robot…
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UCOR is transitioning from the superseded OUO orders (471.3, Identifying and Protecting Official Use Only Information, and 471.3-1, Manual for Identifying and Protecting Official Use Only Information)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. Follow this link to check out the CUI Categories Directory on the CICO web page. If employees haven’t…
(This article kicks off our Five Generations, One Team series about what it’s really like to work across five generations—and how we can make that experience a whole lot smoother together.) For the first time in modern history, we routinely have up to five generations working side-by-side: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen…
UCOR’s interns recently toured Y-12, EMWMF, ORNL including LGWO, and TWPC. The tour included a visit to the Oak Ridge Graphite Reactor museum and a lunch stop at the ORNL cafeteria. The outing provided interns the opportunity to share information about their projects while providing a visual of the buildings and sites. Special thanks to…
Paragon Project is charging ahead toward an Oct. 5 launch for UCOR’s new HR and learning systems in the Oracle Fusion Cloud. Our HR and Training teams recently finished the first major round of testing—System Integration Testing. Soon, we will be diving into User Acceptance Testing to make sure the system works perfectly for everyone. Employees also got a sneak peek at the new system during…
ORNL’s annual Laboratory-wide Facility Evacuation Exercise is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19. The exercise will begin with the sounding of the Standard Alert Tone, followed by voice instructions by the Laboratory Shift Superintendent (LSS) over the public address, Wide Area Radio System (WARS), and desktop alert system. The exercise will last for…
UCOR experienced six vehicle incidents during the past quarter. We are sharing the types of incidents to let people know what the common risk factors are. Most were caused by a lack of awareness of the surrounding area. Don’t become a statistic—maintain awareness from the moment you inspect and enter a vehicle until you have…
