Excavated Waste Tank Shipped for Disposal

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…

UCOR Makes 5000th Shipment of K-25 Rubble

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,…

UCOR Modifying Subcontracting Approach

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…

UCOR Begins Education Mini-Grants Program

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…

UCOR Achieves One Million Hours Without Injury or Illness

For Immediate Release Contact: Wayne McKinney wayne.mckinney@ettp.doe.gov (865) 576-6284 Oak Ridge, Tenn., December 8, 2011 – Employees of URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) and its subcontractors have worked 1 million hours without an injury or illness. UCOR became the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management contractor at the Oak Ridge Reservation on Aug. 1,…