For Immediate Release Contact: Ashley Hartman Ashley.Hartman@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-7231 Oak Ridge, Tenn., June 1, 2018 – Emergency responders from the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), along with federal, state and local emergency management personnel, will conduct an emergency exercise on Tuesday, June 12. The public may observe emergency responders simulating response…
For Immediate Release Contacts: Emily Arrowood, 202-577-1335, emily@piper-communications.com Jim Campbell, ETEC, 865-483-4577, campbell@eteconline.org Economic impact report finds the Department of Energy creates billions in economic benefit and high-quality jobs for the state of Tennessee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge Reservation is an economic engine for the state of Tennessee,…
For Immediate Release Contact: Ashley Hartman Ashley.Hartman@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-7231 Oak Ridge, Tenn., May 7, 2018 – URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) today announced 38 winners from five East Tennessee counties in the 2018 UCOR Education Mini-Grant Program which recognizes and supports excellence in teaching. The winning teachers were recognized at a reception hosted…
For Immediate Release Contact: Ashley Hartman Ashley.Hartman@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-7231 OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 5, 2018 — Harold Conner, a senior executive of URS|CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR), has been named to the Board of Advisors of the University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering. The board consists of high-level managerial and technical executives from government,…
For Immediate Release Contact: Ashley Hartman Ashley.Hartman@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-7231 OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 22, 2018 – As a single Mom, Cheyenna Hawn of Oakdale, Tennessee, knew the hard struggle of trying to balance the demands of home and children with the need to generate income to support her family. With two school-age daughters, Cheyenna felt…
For Immediate Release Contact: Ben Williams Ben.Williams@orem.doe.gov (865) 574-4912 Contact: Ashley Hartman Ashley.Hartman@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-7231 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. February 7, 2018 – URS|CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has awarded three subcontracts totaling more than $5.3 million for site improvements, construction, and exhibit development for a new facility that will capture the history of the K-25…
For Immediate Release Contact: Ashley Hartman Ashley.Hartman@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-7231 Oak Ridge, Tenn., February 1, 2018 – For the seventh consecutive year, 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…
For Immediate Release Ben Williams, DOE, (865) 574-4912 Contact: Ashley Hartman Ashley.Hartman@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-7231 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Earlier today, lawmakers, environmental regulators, and top Department of Energy (DOE) officials broke ground on a new Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex. When complete, the expansive complex will help reduce mercury levels in…
For Immediate Release Contact: Ben Williams Ben.williams@orem.doe.gov (865) 574-4912 Contact: Ashley Hartman Ashley.Hartman@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-7231 OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, October 18, 2017 – A celebratory event is set for Thursday (October 19) to formally launch a multi-phase project to commemorate the history of the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant – once known as K-25. The…
For Immediate Release Contact: Ashley Hartman Ashley.Hartman@ettp.doe.gov (865) 574-7231 OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, September 19, 2017 — URS| CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has awarded a $1.4 million contract to GEM Technologies of Knoxville, Tennessee, to perform early site preparation activities for the new Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in…
