UCOR Awards Mini-Grants for Local School Projects

For Immediate Release Contact: Anne E. Smith Anne.Smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-8046 Oak Ridge, Tennessee, May 9, 2016 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) is pleased to announce 20 winners of the UCOR Education Mini-Grant Program. One of UCOR’s primary objectives is to support and encourage education initiatives. The Mini-Grant Program was designed to recognize…

UCOR Awards Small Business Contracts

For Immediate Release Contact: Anne E. Smith Anne.Smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-8046 OAK RIDGE, TN, March 15, 2016 — UCOR has awarded three contracts totaling nearly $1 million to small businesses for services associated with the cleanup of the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). ESG Construction, LLC, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was awarded a contract for $450,000 to…

UCOR Accepting Proposals for Education Mini-Grant Program

For Immediate Release Contact: Anne E. Smith Anne.Smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-8046 Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 2, 2016 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) is accepting proposals from area schools for educational mini-grants for instructional projects related to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). UCOR Education Mini-Grants will be awarded directly to teachers and schools…

K-27 Demolition Will Fulfill DOE’s Vision 2016

For Immediate Release Contact: Mike Koentop Mike.koentop@orem.doe.gov (865) 574-3674 Contact: Anne E. Smith Anne.Smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-8046 OAK RIDGE, Tenn., February 8, 2016 – Demolition of the K-27 gaseous diffusion building began today, moving the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) a step closer to fulfilling its Vision 2016—the removal of all gaseous diffusion buildings from the…

Fran Williams Named UCOR Chief Operating Officer

For Immediate Release Contact: Anne E. Smith Anne.Smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-8046 OAK RIDGE, Tenn., February 2, 2016 – Fran Williams has been selected as the Chief Operating Officer for URS|CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR). She will fill the position vacated last month by Matt Marston, who left to accept a senior management position within AECOM, one…

UCOR Gets Formal Approval for DOE VPP Star Status

For Immediate Release Contact: Anne E. Smith Anne.Smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-8046 OAK RIDGE, Tenn., October 29, 2015 – URS I CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has been formally notified that the company has earned Department of Energy (DOE) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star status, recognizing it as one of the safest industrial operating sites in the…

UCOR Recognizes Small Businesses

For Immediate Release Contact: Anne E. Smith Anne.Smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-8046 OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 27, 2015 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR), the U.S. Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor for the Oak Ridge Reservation, presented awards to seven small businesses at its annual Small Business Awards ceremony, held Monday, July 27, at the…

DOE completes demolition of K-31 gaseous diffusion building

For Immediate Release Contact: Ben Williams (865) 574-4912 Contact: Anne E. Smith Anne.Smith@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-8046 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Demolition of the K‐31 Building at Oak Ridge’s East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) was completed today, marking the removal of the fourth of five gaseous diffusion buildings at the former uranium enrichment site. ETTP, once called…

UCOR Awards 33 Mini-Grants for Local School Projects

For Immediate Release Contact: Veronica O’Hearn Veronica.ohearn@ettp.doe.gov (865) 576-9102 Oak Ridge, Tenn., May 18, 2015 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) is pleased to announce 33 winners of the UCOR Education Mini-Grant Program. One of UCOR’s primary objectives is to support and encourage education initiatives. The Mini-Grant Program was designed to recognize and…

UCOR Accepting Proposals for New Education Mini-Grant Program

For Immediate Release Contact: Veronica O’Hearn Veronica.ohearn@ettp.doe.gov (865) 576-9102 Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 11, 2015 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) is accepting proposals from area schools for educational grants with a specific goal of enabling new instructional methods in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). UCOR Education Mini-Grants will be awarded directly…