Safely Reducing Environmental Risks. We are cleaning up contaminated, unused facilities on the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR). In addition to removing excess facilities, we maintain facilities across ORR that are waiting for disposition. We also provide critical upgrades to extend the life of active, but aging, facilities. This continues the same work done by the former UCOR from 2011 to 2022.
Latest Updates
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We've boosted winterization at ORNL 2600 Process Waste Facility! Our team installed new monitoring lights on piping to protect Liquid and Gaseous Waste Operations.
These red lights confirm that electrical heat trace is working on pipes when temperatures drop below 40 degrees. This helps us avoid cold-weather problems. Our three main storage tanks also got upgrades with stainless steel, heat tracing, and insulation to prevent freezing.
We've equipped 24 piping segments with these lights, and more are on the way! A huge thank you to Marty Cusick, Kourtney Davis, Kevin Maddocks, and Amanda Walls for their hard work.
#UCOR #ORNL #NuclearSafety #WinterReady #Teamwork #CleanupTodayForANuclearTomorrow
Meet Sunny Brown, one of the general foremen with our Y-12 D&D cleanup work. Sunny has been with UCOR for 12 years. She and her teams do "housekeeping"and maintain many of the boundary control stations facilities. Sunny and her husband parent three kids who are very active in sports. To learn more about Sunny, watch the video: youtu.be/FuVjpkJIKPs
Watch as crews remove lead from two rooms of Y-12 National Security Complex’s Alpha-2 building, which is currently undergoing demolition. The lead is estimated to weigh more than 783,000 pounds. Workers will package the lead for shipment offsite. Our work to remove Alpha-2 frees up land for Y-12's modernization. youtu.be/txUtRyZQrIg #CleanupTodayForANuclearTomorrow #NuclearCleanup #EnvironmentalRemediation #Y12 #NationalSecurity
Great news from the Y-12 National Security Complex Alpha-4 facility! Our D&D teams have sorted and segmented 447 legacy containers, ahead of schedule for mid-December disposal. Sanitization workers in Zones 19 and 20 are removing old equipment. Structural improvements are 30% complete. This progress is key for Alpha-4's demolition and Y-12's cleanup. #Cleanuptodayforanucleartomorrow #DOE #EnvironmentalProtection #Decommissioning #CleanupEfforts
What's New
Team Member’s Insight, Questions Lead Oak Ridge Project to $16 Million Savings
Insight and a questioning attitude from a project manager has led the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) to accelerate one of the largest demolitions on the horizon at the Y-12 National Security Complex and help avoid millions of dollars in costs to taxpayers. Brian Hutson with OREM contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) believed the team could find efficiencies in a necessary step to get the Alpha-4 building demolition-ready…
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Oak Ridge Playbook: Maximize Tax Dollars in Fiscal Year 2025, Advance Cleanup
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) made strides moving environmental cleanup and reindustrialization forward across Oak Ridge with the help of contractors United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) and Isotek in the fiscal year that recently ended. Employees maximized tax dollars by pushing forward wide-ranging projects, including building deactivation, demolition, waste processing and disposal, and reindustrialization.
What's New
UCOR President and CEO to retire in 2026
After more than four decades in the environmental cleanup industry, United Cleanup Oak Ridge’s (UCOR) President and CEO Ken Rueter has announced he will retire at the end of March 2026. Following his retirement, Rueter will continue to serve UCOR and its mission in a part-time capacity as Executive Board Director beginning in April.
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WIPP Bound: Oak Ridge Meets FY25 Goal of Eight Transuranic Waste Shipments
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has met its goal to complete eight shipments of transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico for permanent disposal this fiscal year ending Sept. 30, further reducing its inventory of the material.
Safety
We Strive to Set the Standard in Safety
Safety is always the top priority at UCOR. We are a DOE Voluntary Protection Program Star site, a designation given to only the safest sites in the DOE Complex. Our award-winning safety performance has earned us many accolades.
Employee involvement is a key aspect of our safety culture. We empower our workers to stop work if they see something questionable. We also have strong worker engagement program to ensure our team members feel safe in their work environment.
