If your Calendar Year (CY) 2025 retirement savings 401(k) payroll deductions were suspended because of maximizing your IRS contribution limits, please remember to check your Jan. 8 pay statement—the first for the New Year. Your 401(k) weekly deductions should reflect your last deduction just prior to being stopped. Following are examples of what the Internal…
The UCOR online store is still available, offering a wide selection of UCOR-branded apparel. You can access it by going to the Quick Links on the UCOR Hub main page and scrolling down to “UCOR Store.” While the website only offers clothing items, the vendor can provide a variety of branded merchandise upon request. You…
UCOR Benefits previously updated the Summary Plan Description (SPD) for the United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC Health & Welfare Benefit Plan (UCOR H&W Benefit Plan), which is now in effect. View the document here. This SPD contains important information on many of the benefit programs offered under the UCOR Health & Welfare Benefits Plan. Updates…
The ORNL Deactivation and Demolition (D&D) team has safely completed the current phase of characterization scope in Buildings 3042 and 3038. Characterization is necessary to determine the contaminants in the waste stream to ensure proper disposal and compliance with the waste disposal facility acceptance criteria. As obstacles were removed from the facilities and sample locations…
If you enrolled in the Group Accident and/or Critical Illness benefits during 2026 Annual Enrollment, remember that the deduction schedule is different for these benefits. While all other health and welfare benefits are deducted weekly (over 48 pay periods annually), Group Accident and Critical Illness premiums will be deducted post-tax from the first paycheck of…
UCOR Benefits has updated the Summary Plan Description (SPD) for the United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC Health & Welfare Benefit Plan (UCOR H&W Benefit Plan) that will be effective Jan. 1, 2026. This SPD contains important information on many of the benefit programs offered under the UCOR Health & Welfare Benefits Plan. Updates include new…
If you are dreaming of a white Christmas, you’ll be a little disappointed. We are in for a warming trend that will bring a high temperature of 60 on Christmas day. Rain is expected tomorrow, with a high of 57. We’ll have a brief cool-down Friday, where the high temperature will only be in the…
he DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has released the document “FY 2025 Cleanup Progress: Annual Report on Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup.” The report features much of the work UCOR performed during the year and highlights our successes, including continued Alpha-2 demolition at Y-12, demolition of a Graphite Reactor support facility at ORNL,…
Discounted tickets to both the men’s and women’s University of Tennessee basketball games are available to UCOR and subcontractor employees and their family members. Click here to access the discounted tickets website. All available games are being held at the Thompson-Bolling Area at Food City Center. Please note that tickets should be purchased a few…
UCOR Nuclear Operations crews are working inside of a large zeolite column for maintenance and repairs at ORNL’s 3608 Wastewater Treatment facility. These tanks filter out contaminants in the groundwater in the facility’s treatment process. This marks the first time that crews have operated welding equipment inside of a vessel of this kind. To learn…
