The Public Affairs and Stakeholder Management team are spreading orange for September’s World Hunger Action Month with shelf-stable protein donations for our Secret City of Hope food drive. UCOR has partnered with ORNL, Y-12, and ORAU to host the food drive in support of Second Harvest Food Bank’s advocacy efforts for our East Tennessee neighbors…
UCOR is pleased to announce that beginning with the 2026 plan year, employees will have the opportunity to elect new Voluntary Benefits through UNUM during annual enrollment. Elections made during annual enrollment will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Annual enrollment will be held from Oct. 27 – Nov. 7, 2025. Voluntary Benefits (New for…
UT Mammography Unit will offer 3D Mammograms from Oct 20 – 21 between 9 a.m. to 4p.m. Appointment for this is required. Call 865-839-7426. Appointment takes 20 to 25 minutes, and your insurance will be billed.
Congratulations to the UCOR TRU Waste Operations team for safely and successfully shipping the second load of sodium shields to a treatment facility in Texas. The shields will be transformed into a stable glass form through vitrification before disposal. This load consisted of three shields, which are in addition to two shields that were successfully…
UCOR places safety and security as top priorities and has been installing new badge readers in various work locations. The process of gaining access will change with these new readers when they become operational. Watch the video linked to learn how to gain access with your badge. https://youtu.be/ySC1B9Tbxss?si=maT_MoAAz50rqs6t
UCOR Chief Nuclear Officer Jay Mullis recently participated in a panel discussion hosted by Anderson and Roane counties on how communities within 100 miles of the Oak Ridge Corridor could also see economic opportunities from the commercial nuclear renaissance shaping the region. More than 80 attendees from 20-plus counties in Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina…
Bailey Jackson is UCOR’s training point of contact for the Heritage Center Enterprise and has been with our company since March 2021. She is also the training coordinator for UCOR’s Mercury Training program. She and her husband, Heath, who also works at UCOR, are expecting their first baby soon. To learn more, click here https://youtu.be/VHaqlo0urs0?si=MLay2UtKhz1R_pLM…
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on our new UCOR Hub platform. One of the things we realized is that we need to clarify the purpose of the badges and recognition program in the platform. The badges are for you to recognize or thank a colleague. Badges you award to co-workers show up on their…
When completing the Records Management 101 training through Learning Nucleus, make sure to download and send your certificate of completion to Brittany Samples to receive credit. If you do not send your certificate, you will appear delinquent in LEARN for the training. Check LEARN to see when The Federal Mandatory Training Records Management 101 is due. If…
UCOR’s TRU Waste Ops team shipped a second load of water-reactive sodium shields used in Cold War-era radiation experiments to a Texas treatment facility yesterday. The latest shipment involved three of the shields in inventory. Two shields were shipped in July and were melted using Veolia Nuclear Solutions’ patented GeoMelt® technology. GeoMelt® uses a commercially proven approach to…
