Defensive driving is one of the best ways to stay safe on the roadways. The UCOR Vehicle Safety Committee offers important tips in this month’s Toolbox Topics (attached to this message). Among the topics discussed are: maintaining situational awareness maintaining proper distance trying to predict risks staying out of blind spots avoiding excessive lane changes
John Mayes is a training specialist who has been with UCOR for a year. Before coming to UCOR, John worked in Emergency Services, which included fire protection, police, and EMS. He and his wife of four years are busy with their kids’ sports and cheerleading. To learn more, click the link. https://youtu.be/Hie5IKSqzls?si=28vVpHxeKXC3kDH3
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Each year, around 10 million people across the nation fall victim to domestic violence. Also known as relationship abuse, domestic violence occurs in many forms and can happen to anyone regardless of age, gender, or race. If you would like more information or need assistance getting help or resources,…
To the UCOR workforce: Last night, the federal government shut down due to a lapse in appropriations. UCOR operations will continue, and as previously noted, you should continue to report to work. UCOR has sufficient funding to continue normal operations for approximately 6 weeks. During the shutdown, all business travel must be approved by the…
At ORNL Building 3032, UCOR crews have completed the isolation of the first of six local ventilation systems in this section of Isotope Row. Isolating the ventilation systems involves removing duct work to prep the filter house for packaging and shipment. To ensure worker safety, workers installed passive fall protection systems and stairs for roof…
In coordination with National Fire Prevention Month, the FY 2026 evacuation drills are scheduled for Oct. 15 for 90 Union Valley Road, 100 Union Valley Road, 105 Mitchell Road, 701 Scarboro Road, EMWMF, K-1036, and K-1310 LM & RU. All UCOR workforce personnel and visitors present at these facilities will be expected to participate in the…
For the next several days, our weather will make the days seem like carbon copies of each other. Through next week, we will hover around 80 for highs, with lows dipping into the upper 50s each night. Rain changes are very limited as skies will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Our next significant chance…
Thank you to everyone who completed the feedback survey for UCOR Hub. You can read the survey results here. The responses were generally positive. Some issues were identified that we have already addressed or are exploring how to address. Those are outlined in the article. Search issues. If you are having difficulty finding things with the search…
As a part of continued cleanup and closure at the ETTP Heritage Center, approximately 100 pieces of heavy equipment used as part of our D&D and remedial action activities were deemed excess due to the end of equipment’s life expectancy and being radiologically contaminated. The baseline assumption was for all equipment to be radiologically surveyed…
UCOR’s ORNL Nuclear Operations recently conducted a two-week outage at Building 3608, which took part of the Process Waste Treatment System offline. The outage consisted of 23 corrective maintenance and service work orders. Some key maintenance activities included repair of the Dual Media Filter Vessels, discharge piping, filter press room maintenance, and the F-1003 mixer…
