UCOR D&D crews are currently testing their new BROKK B110 remote demolition unit. Last week, they tested it at the ORNL Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor site and did a mockup of the 3026 hot cell. This remotely operated equipment allows the project to significantly increase workers’ distance from potential hazards. The BROKK unit is small enough…
Meet radiological professionals Paula Eich, Summer York, Nicole Wilson, and Amy Moore who support the UCOR team working deactivating the ORNL Oak Ridge Research Reactor Building. These four women make a strong team, which has extended beyond the boundaries of work into a friendship. They share personal and professional experiences to guide one another through…
Crews are in the process of removing over 20,500 linear feet, or about 3.8 miles, of fence around the ETTP Heritage Center site. The fence removal project facilitates the continued transfer of parcels for future land use for private and public use. It has proven beneficial to prospective owners, especially clean energy companies that need…
ORRL Operations completed sediment cleanout of Pond 4 at Construction/Demolition Landfill VII this month, maximizing the capacity of this sediment settling pond in time for the upcoming wet season. Even with the very limited access into the sediment pond area and with ongoing waste management activities, the team completed the cleanout in just 12 working…
Meet Henry Devault, a popular UCOR truck and tour driver. Henry’s been with UCOR for 15 years and with the Teamsters for 39 years. His passion outside of work is cooking, and he’s won several competitions. View the video to hear his story.
Crews at Y-12 Alpha-2 are getting down to the wire doing prep work to start demolition on the main Alpha-2 Fusion Energy facility. Part of this prep work included removing transite panels on two “dog houses” on the north low bay roof and universal and hazardous waste. They have also completed pouring 30,600 cubic yards…
This year, Strata-G joined UCOR in our annual Coats for the Cold campaign in support of the Knoxville Area Rescue Ministry (KARM). Together we collected and donated 146 coats. Campaign coordinator Justice Wright is pictured with the coats that have been bagged for delivery to KARM.
Crews are removing two structures from the EU-20 footprint at ETTP Heritage Center as part of the remaining facilities disposition effort. This area includes the north end of the previously demolished-25 Building. The K-2500-J tent, also known as the Segmentation Shop Storage Facility, was demolished and hauled to the ORRL last week. The K-2500-AB demolition…
Meet Walt Czekaj, our environmental, safety and radiological controls manager at the Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC). Walt enjoys working on DOE sites because of the emphasis on safety. He recently climbed 19,341 feet to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, talk about a trip of a lifetime!
UCOR has begun converting a former Disposal Area Remedial Action (DARA) storage facility for a new purpose. The facility, located just outside the Y-12 security footprint, will house a Technology Demonstration Testbed that will give space to test technologies that might aid in our cleanup mission. Workers will be installing a large overhead door in…
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