The Alpha-2 team at Y-12 recently celebrated the successful demolition of the 325,000-square-foot former uranium enrichment facility at a special luncheon. This project marks the largest ever demolition to date at Y-12. The team completed the project 6 months ahead of schedule, which resulted in over 62 million pounds of waste removed from the footprint.…
UCOR will be hosting a one-year celebration tomorrow for the Mental Wellbeing Center in 100 Union Valley. It will be held in the common area between Health Services and Conference Room 141 near the Mental Wellbeing Center (see drawing below). We are asking everyone to please avoid this area from noon to 2:30 p.m. Also,…
The Vehicle Safety Committee is bringing you the 5th annual Parking Lot Safety Rodeo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 22. It will be held in the 701 Scarboro lower parking lot. This year, the vendors will include UT Medical, Y-12 Fire-Department, the local sheriff’s department prescription take back program, MEDIC Blood Mobile,…
UCOR has been in the headlines recently for completing Y-12 Alpha-2 demolition and transforming White Wing Scrap Yard for future reuse. See some of the features below: Alpha-2 demolition complete: WBIR, WATE, WVLT, 99.1 The Sports Animal, Knox News, Yahoo News, The Oak Ridger White Wing Scrap Yard transformation: The Oak Ridger, Knoxville Daily Sun
The Y-12 Beryllium Bandits had a big hit with a fun twist at their recent meeting by participating in a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) blind-folded dress out challenge. Participants Larry Brede, UCOR’s Y-12 Area Project Manager, and Bobby Alred, Y-12 Cleanup Safety & Health manager, had to put on PPE blind-folded, while completing accurate application…
Say goodbye to the 80-degree weather for a bit. A cold front moves in today, lowering temperatures this week. The highs for the next few days will be in the 60s, with lows dipping into the upper 30s and 40s. We’ll warm up into the 70s on Thursday and Friday, and then another cold front…
Today, crews at ORNL Isotope Row used a 110-ton crane to remove pipe bridges and radiological filter houses from the roofs of Buildings 3030, 3031, and 3032. The team will continue to work deactivation and demolition preparation activities for demo to start this summer.
The ETTP Surveillance and Maintenance (S&M) team has earned a TeamsCount Award for clearing out decades of excess inventory from the K-1036 A-bay building. UCOR previously struggled with unknown inventory in A-bay, leading to unnecessary new purchases. Tasked by the Heritage Center Enterprise APM, the S team, alongside Rachel Hadden, inventoried everything. Their innovative solution:…
