Tag Archives: environmental cleanup

Last of Oak Ridge Research Reactor removed

UCOR successfully removed the lower reactor vessel from the Oak Ridge Research Reactor (Building 3042) at the Oak Ridge national Lab. Workers lowered a 72-inch diamond wire saw to cut the final pieces that held the lower reactor vessel in place at the bottom of the reactor pool. They used a 20-ton overhead crane to…

Prepping Alpha-2 basement for facility demolition

Workers at Y-12 National Security Complex continue cleanup activities in the basement of the Alpha-2 building as UCOR prepares for demolition of the massive facility this fall. Workers are filling the basement area zones 1 & 2, covering approximately 3000 cubic yards with a concrete mixture that will create a slab for heavy equipment to…