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United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR)
UCOR is an Amentum-led partnership with Honeywell. We are the lead environmental cleanup contractor on the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) working under contract with the Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management. In May 2022, UCOR began a 15-year contract to clean up contaminated, unused facilities on the ORR. This new contract follows our successful completion of cleanup of the gaseous diffusion plant at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in 2020.
Today, we are cleaning up Manhattan Project-era facilities at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex. We are also remediating soil and groundwater at ETTP. UCOR also maintains ORR facilities that are waiting for disposition and provides critical, life-extending upgrades to active, aging facilities. As a DOE Voluntary Protection Star site—DOE’s highest safety designation—safety is a prerequisite to all that we do.
Today, we are cleaning up Manhattan Project-era facilities at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex. We are also remediating soil and groundwater at ETTP. UCOR also maintains ORR facilities that are waiting for disposition and provides critical, life-extending upgrades to active, aging facilities. As a DOE Voluntary Protection Star site—DOE’s highest safety designation—safety is a prerequisite to all that we do.
Purpose
We are in the business of safely cleaning up contaminated and often dilapidated facilities for DOE. In other words, we are in the risk reduction business. As we clean up these old, World War II facilities, we remove both the industrial hazards from decaying structures as well as the potential for remaining contaminants (uranium, mercury, beryllium, asbestos, etc.) to leak into the environment.
Doing this work both safely and expediently is beneficial not only to our workforce and the community, it also is a tremendous savings to taxpayers. Our work goes one step further. Not only do we remove the facilities, we also prepare the land for reuse. At ETTP, our cleanup has enabled DOE to turn over 1,700 acres of land to the community for a variety of uses—economic development, conservation, and historic preservation. In fact, some of the remediated land is planned to be used for a new Oak Ridge airport.
As we remove old facilities at ORNL and Y-12, we are making space for them to modernize in support of their national science and defense missions.
Doing this work both safely and expediently is beneficial not only to our workforce and the community, it also is a tremendous savings to taxpayers. Our work goes one step further. Not only do we remove the facilities, we also prepare the land for reuse. At ETTP, our cleanup has enabled DOE to turn over 1,700 acres of land to the community for a variety of uses—economic development, conservation, and historic preservation. In fact, some of the remediated land is planned to be used for a new Oak Ridge airport.
As we remove old facilities at ORNL and Y-12, we are making space for them to modernize in support of their national science and defense missions.
Vision
To enable an Oak Ridge free of legacy contamination that creates an enduring environmental, social, and economic future.
Mission
Implement strategic and operational initiatives to complete major environmental cleanup on the Oak Ridge Reservation, resulting in environmental liability reduction and federal land reuse.
Additional Culture Details
Safety and workforce development are two key pieces of UCOR's culture. We have won numerous national safety awards, including being named to EHS Today's "Safest Companies in America" list. Our CEO has been included in the National Safety Council’s list of “CEOs Who ‘Get It’” and was selected to serve as a public director for the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP).
We have a number of ongoing workforce development initiatives to ensure that there is a pipeline of current and future nuclear cleanup workers. Recently, UCOR received the Tennessee Board of Regents SOAR Partnership Award for our work with Roane State Community College. We partner with Roane State in their chemical operators and environmental health and safety programs.
UCOR has a partnership program with eight colleges and universities, which includes minority-serving institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. As part of our partnership with the University of Tennessee, we worked with the Nuclear Engineering Department to develop the nation's first minor in nuclear decommissioning and environmental management.
Every summer, we host interns from across the U.S. who work in multiple departments across our organization. We anticipate more than 40 interns for our 2024 class.
We have a number of ongoing workforce development initiatives to ensure that there is a pipeline of current and future nuclear cleanup workers. Recently, UCOR received the Tennessee Board of Regents SOAR Partnership Award for our work with Roane State Community College. We partner with Roane State in their chemical operators and environmental health and safety programs.
UCOR has a partnership program with eight colleges and universities, which includes minority-serving institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. As part of our partnership with the University of Tennessee, we worked with the Nuclear Engineering Department to develop the nation's first minor in nuclear decommissioning and environmental management.
Every summer, we host interns from across the U.S. who work in multiple departments across our organization. We anticipate more than 40 interns for our 2024 class.
Values
- Make safety a prerequisite to all work
- Because we do high hazard work, everyone from the top leadership team to the front line worker is focused on safety and ensuring that our workers are empowered to stop work if there are safety concerns or questions.
Headquarters
Oak Ridge, TN
Employees
2,001 US Employees
Industry
Other - Energy Industry Services
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