Congratulations to our interns who received Amentum scholarship awards. Of the 18 awards given across Amentum this year, five were awarded to UCOR interns. The awardees are: Daniel Pomeroy, Technical Programs, Construction and Heavy Equipment intern (Texas A&M University – Mechanical Engineering): $5,000 (the top scholarship awarded—marking the second year in a row that a…
After an unusual August cooldown, the temperature is going back up. Expect temperatures in the upper 80s this weekend. We’ll be back in the low 90s next week, with the high humidity making the feels-like temperature close to 100. Nighttime temperatures will be around 70 degrees each night this weekend and next week. Rain chances…
UCOR’s Elevate program is sponsoring a Veggie Challenge from Aug. 11 to Aug. 24. Eat two veggies a day during this two-week period for a chance to win a food processor. Tracking tables and rules are posted in the UCOR Hub Elevate space. Boosting your daily consumption of vegetables will help you move one step closer to…
The Y-12 D&D team celebrated 2025 accomplishments at a recent All-Hands meeting. These accomplishments included Alpha-2 demolition progress, Beta-1 progress toward condemnation, and resuming drum sampling and sorting/segmentation in Alpha-4. The team also discussed FY 2026 opportunities.
Officials with UCOR’s navigate program and various external veteran resources and volunteer/outreach organizations will be attending. Thursday, August 14 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at 701 Scarboro in Meet + Train. Box lunches will be provided.
UCOR workers performed a maintenance upgrade to the water tanks at ORNL’s 2600, replacing aging carbon pipes with stainless steel piping. Many months of planning and behind the scenes work produced a successful solution. To learn more, watch the video.
To help users better navigate UCOR Hub, there will be training sessions hosted via Microsoft Teams at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 12, and 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 13. Topics will include using the search function and people directory, editing your profile, and much more. You will also be able to ask questions at the end.…
Joe Estey is a lead instructor for UCOR and has been with our company for a little over a year. Joe and his wife have one child. They love to go RVing, fishing, and spending time outdoors. To learn more, watch the video.
The Groundhogs LSIT team at 100 Union Valley identified recommendations to enhance safety in the parking lots at the cleanup campus. The facilities and safety team worked quickly to implement the suggestions, including repainting crosswalks and installing new speed bumps at 701 Scarboro, 90 Union Valley, and 100 Union Valley. The responsiveness to the requested…
Employees are not authorized to speak to any news media on behalf of UCOR without approval and coordination with UCOR Public Affairs. All media inquiries should be referred to UCOR Public Affairs Deputy Director Chris Caldwell at Christopher.caldwell@orcc.doe.gov or cell 804-658-8367. This will ensure UCOR continues to tell the story of our safe cleanup work…
