Six Facilities at Poplar Creek now Cold and Dark

For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Poda fran.poda@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., November 30, 2011 – Six facilities in the East Tennessee Technology Park’s (ETTP) Poplar Creek area have been rendered “cold and dark” and are one step closer to demolition. URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) performed the work under a contract with ORISE,…

UCOR Makes 2,000th Shipment of K-25 Rubble

For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Poda fran.poda@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., November 28, 2011 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) has made its 2,000th shipment of K-25 demolition rubble since it assumed management of the East Tennessee Technology Park cleanup contract on Aug. 1. Materials shipped included processed steel, asbestos, concrete rubble, compressors…

UCOR Begins Shipping Soils from Around ORNL Liquid Waste Tank

For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., October 7, 2011 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) today began offsite shipments of soils excavated from around an underground waste tank located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This removal action is being performed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation…

UCOR Begins Shipping K-25 East Wing Waste for Disposal

For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., September 1, 2011 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) has begun shipping for disposal debris generated from demolition of the K-25 Building East Wing at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). “One of our main objectives,” said UCOR President and Project Manager Leo…

UCOR Takes Over Contract after Safe Transition

For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Poda fran.poda@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., August 1, 2011 — URS | CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR) took over the environmental cleanup of the Oak Ridge Reservation for the Department of Energy today, after a safe, three-month transition. UCOR is headquartered at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), where…

DOE Notice of Award

For Immediate Release Contact: Mike Koentop (865) 576-0885 Oak Ridge, Tenn. – As part of its ongoing commitment to cleaning up the legacy of the Cold War at sites across the weapons complex, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a contract for the remaining environmental cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) to…