For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., May 3, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) recently completed a three-year landfill cleanup project on schedule, under budget and without a single work related injury, not even a first-aid case. Workers cleaning up the 6.5-acre K-1070B burial ground, adjacent…
For Immediate Release Contact: Wayne McKinney wayne.mckinney@ettp.doe.gov (865) 576-6284 Oak Ridge, Tenn., April 26, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) is sponsoring the Anderson County Emergency Preparedness Fair, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 5, at the Clinton Community Center, 101 Hicks St., Clinton. Admission is…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 27, 2012 – Most people in the area surrounding Oak Ridge are aware of the Department of Energy’s efforts to clean up legacy contamination, much of it dating back to World War II and the Cold War. But DOE also wants this…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 7, 2012 – The RFITS (Radio Frequency Identification Transportation System) Project has supported over 60,000 waste shipments as well as over 10,000 clean-fill shipments from the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) to the Environmental Management Waste Management Facility (EMWMF) since becoming operational…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2012 – Tank W-1A, an underground liquid waste storage tank at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been shipped off site for disposal, completing a process that began when the tank was removed from service after it was discovered it…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., Feb. 23, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has shipped its 5,000th load of K-25 Building demolition rubble since assuming management of the East Tennessee Technology Park cleanup contract on Aug. 1. All shipments were completed safely with no injuries,…
For Immediate Release Contact: Wayne McKinney wayne.mckinney@ettp.doe.gov (865) 576-6284 Oak Ridge, Tenn., Feb. 16, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) is modifying its subcontracting approach to allow for more efficient use of limited government funding, which can then be used to accomplish more cleanup on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge…
For Immediate Release Contact: Dennis Hill dennis.hill@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-4690 Oak Ridge, Tenn., Jan. 19, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has issued notice of intent to award staff augmentation subcontracts to 10 companies in four general categories – Administrative and Professional services; Technical services; Engineering and Support services and Waste Management and…
For Immediate Release Contact: Fran Poda fran.poda@ettp.doe.gov (865) 241-6226 Oak Ridge, Tenn., January 18, 2012 – Contaminated debris and soil have been removed from trenches within a 60-year-old landfill adjacent to the K-25 cleanup project and a protective cover is being installed. The materials were removed to minimize the potential for future contamination of surface…
For Immediate Release Contact: Veronica O’Hearn veronica.ohearn@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-9102 Oak Ridge, Tenn., Jan. 11, 2012 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) LLC 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…
