The launch of Paragon Project, where our business systems are being modernized, is being delayed. The team experienced a higher-than-expected defect rate in User Acceptance Testing and discovered some process changes that need additional work. The team is working with our consulting partner, Elire, to resolve these issues and perform another User Acceptance Testing to provide…
Mary Alice Douglass has been selected to serve as UCOR’s Administrative Services and Human Resources Director, reporting to Senior Vice President of Administrative and Business Services Larry Ling. She previously served as Human Resources Manager. That role is now combined with the Administrative Services Manager role after the former manager, Jill Demella, moved into a…
Yesterday the OREM and UCOR reindustrialization team received the 2025 Secretary’s Honor Award of Excellence given to groups of employees and contractors who together accomplished significant achievements on behalf of the Department. Congratulations to the team!
Our environmental cleanup efforts and community outreach initiatives are receiving significant local media coverage. Recent stories of interest include activities at ORNL, Y-12, and UCOR’s support for a new community center in Oak Ridge. Read some of these stories through the links below. Isotope Row demolition: Knoxville Daily Sun, Nuclear Newswire, Roane County News, The…
Donation boxes have been set up at various UCOR work locations. Donations can also be dropped off in Shannon Potter’s office (701 Scarboro Room 271). Locations are: 701: Floor 1 Stairwell, Floor 2 Lobby 90UV: Main Lobby and Back Entrance 100UV: Back Entrance and Main Breakroom ORNL 2660: Lobby ORNL 3010: Entrance EMWMF: Break Trailer 1036-D:…
Work on important DOE projects comes with the responsibility that we individually and collectively act with fairness and honesty. A “conflict of interest” happens when your personal interests – family, friends, or money – could unfairly affect your work decisions. It makes it hard to be truly fair. What is a conflict of interest? It’s…
[This is the final article in our series on managing change. You can find all articles in this series in HUBi’s User Corner as they are published.] While UCOR’s business systems’ modernization to the Oracle Fusion Cloud requires effort and adjustment, it also represents an exciting opportunity for growth—both for the organization and for every…
UCOR recently completed its transition from Official Use Only (OUO) requirements to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), a federal requirement that changed how the workforce protects sensitive information. This effort necessitated a multidisciplinary effort across the company to implement the change ahead of schedule while identifying efficiencies that are expected to save approximately $30,000 this fiscal…
The ORNL Transuranic Waste Operations team recently shipped the first concrete vault of legacy high-activity, low-level waste from 7822K to Energy Solutions. The team that made this shipment possible included iron workers, equipment operators, truck drivers, radiological protection, chemical operators, carpenters, transportation, safety, work planning, and project management. “The teams combined experience and teamwork directly…
If you are age 50 or older and your prior-year Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxable earnings exceed $150,000, new IRS regulations under the SECURE 2.0 Act require that any catch-up contributions be designated as Roth (after-tax) contributions. What does this mean for you? No upfront tax deduction: You will no longer receive an upfront…
