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Home / UCOR News

Category: UCOR News

UCOR Boosts Grants for Region’s STEM Education

This year, UCOR gave $40,000 in grants for 38 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) projects in 28 regional schools. It marked the …
Nicole Allen May 17, 2022

OREM Transfers Unneeded Electrical Equipment to City of Oak Ridge for Reuse

With supply chain issues creating difficulties in obtaining critical infrastructure components, the transfer of various pieces of electrical equipment…
Nicole Allen May 10, 2022

UCOR Increases STEM Mini-Grants for Area Schools to $40,000

In recognition of National Teacher Appreciation Week, UCOR announces it has added $10,000 to the company’s 2022 Mini-Grants program. This year’s $…
Nicole Allen May 4, 2022

Nelson-Jean Shares Opportunities, Encouragement With Students in Oak Ridge

Students from various colleges and universities, some nearly 300 miles away, had come to tour cleanup sites and meet Nicole Nelson-Jean, EM’s associ…
Nicole Allen May 4, 2022

UCOR CEO speaks out on ‘success,’ future

As the lead environmental cleanup contractor since 2011 for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, UCOR’s …
Michele Mackeown April 26, 2022

EM Continues Progress Eliminating Risks at Y-12

EM has prepared the East Column Exchange (COLEX) equipment at Oak Ridge for demolition following deactivation work that involved retrieving mercury fr…
Nicole Allen April 20, 2022

Oak Ridge Contractor Employees Recruit Prospective Graduates for EM’s Cleanup

EM cleanup contractor UCOR is raising awareness among soon-to-be graduates in higher education about opportunities to work at Oak Ridge. In their late…
Nicole Allen April 13, 2022

Diverse Employee Skills Ensure Oak Ridge Facilities Remain Safe, Stable

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR are responsible for maintaining infrastructure that supports waste…
Nicole Allen March 9, 2022

Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup Contract Transition News

In October 2021, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management awarded the $8.3 billion, 10-year Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup Contract to United Cleanup…
Michele Mackeown March 8, 2022

Deactivation Paves Way for Major Skyline Changes in Oak Ridge

Since the start of 2022, EM crews at Oak Ridge have finished deactivating the former Criticality Experiment Laboratory and the mercury-contaminated…
Nicole Allen February 23, 2022
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