EHS Risk Management Lessons From UCOR’s ‘Manhattan Project’ Site Remediation
Isabel Velasco
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Executive Summary
This report forms one in a series focused on winners of the Verdantix EHS Innovation Awards. During World War II, most of the uranium enrichment for the production of the ‘Manhattan Project’ nuclear bombs took place at the Clinton Engineer Works at Oak Ridge in Tennessee. Put under control of the US Atomic Energy Commission in 1947, the US Department of Energy contracted a joint venture between URS (now AECOM) and CH2M Hill (now CH2M) called UCOR to undertake a large-scale environmental remediation project. The $287 million environmental clean-up involves the remediation of 4.5 million square feet of contaminated land to create the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). UCOR achieves successful EHS risk mitigation through deployment of innovative technologies including drones, RFID devices, barcodes and wearable sensors, as well as using Medgate’s software as a centralised platform for managing industrial hygiene and occupational health.UCOR Implemented A Gold Standard Risk Management Framework To Ensure Success
UCOR’s Use Of Innovative Technology Points To The Future Of Successful EHS Risk Mitigation
About the Author
Isabel Velasco
Industry Analyst
Isabel is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix EHS practice. Her current agenda focuses on research on all applications of EHS Software, and digital technologies used for EHS ...
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