OREM News

EM crews have removed more than 1 million gallons of water from the basement of the Beta-1 building at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR have safely completed demolition of the Low Intensity Test Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), checking off a second EM 2023 priority at the site.

In our September episode, we discuss OREM and UCOR completing a major EM priority for 2023. Crews just finished demolition on the Low Intensity Test Reactor, marking the second reactor taken down at the ORNL in the past year. We also discuss...

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has established a new workforce retention incentive that rewards the union construction team for progress as it builds the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility.

Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management contractor UCOR completed its largest ever summer intern program.

Leadership from the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) came together recently to exchange best practices for decommissioning facilities and a host of other cleanup topics.

In our August episode, we attend the groundbreaking for EMDF and we talk with the partners that made it possible. We also learn about a partnership underway with Oak Ridge National Laboratory that’s exploring...

EM crews have completed major deactivation efforts on a Manhattan Project-era facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex scheduled for demolition next year.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR accomplished an EM priority four months ahead of schedule when they broke ground on the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF) last week.

National, state, and local leaders joined OREM and its lead cleanup contractor, United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR), this week to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Environmental Management Disposal Facility