BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T083000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:ETEC - Jim Blankenhorn\, President & Program Manager\, UCOR DESCRIPTION:Join us at ETEC\, in person or virtually\, on Friday\, May 15\, 2026\, at 7:30 am - 8:30am to hear from Jim Blankenhorn\, newly appointed President and Program Manager of UCOR\, as he discusses his new role and vision for leading UCOR in support of the Office of Environmental Management mission. His bio is below.No registration is necessary for in-person attendance. Register in advance for the VIRTUAL #ETEConline meeting here: https://tennessee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-CgrDMiHNTsDsHqH0FyubCh2ys57LzH#/registration \nFor more information about ETEC's weekly meetings\, click here.\nVisit the Find Us page for the meeting location\, address\, and map.Jim Blankenhorn\nPresident and Program Manager\nUnited Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR)UCOR is the lead cleanup contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management. \nJim leads a 2\,300-strong skilled workforce that is safely eliminating more than 200 Manhattan Project and Cold War era excess production facilities on the footprints of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex. UCOR's work is clearing the way for cutting-edge science missions\; nuclear deterrence modernization\; and continued economic growth in East Tennessee. UCOR has delivered more than 2\,500 acres of federal land for establishing a commercial nuclear innovation district in Oak Ridge that has attracted $12 billion in next generation nuclear investments\; preserved 3\,500 acres for conservation\; and supported historic preservation facilities for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.Before joining UCOR\, Jim was North America Business Operations Senior Vice President for UCOR parent company Amentum and also served as Chair of the UCOR Board of Managers. He has nearly 40 years of experience in nuclear safety\, nuclear facility operations\, decontamination and decommissioning\, engineering\, and project management supporting Department of Energy Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of Defense programs. A U.S. Army veteran\, Jim retired from military service as a Brigadier General in 2017. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Florida Institute of Technology\; a Master of Science in Hazardous Waste Management from National Technology University\; and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. \nHII Nuclear sponsors this month's ETEC Friday Morning Meeting Series. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


Join us at ETEC\, in person or virtually\, on Friday\, May 15\, 2026\, at 7:30 am - 8:30am to hear from Jim Blankenhorn\, newly appointed President and Program Manager of UCOR\, as he discusses his new role and vision for leading UCOR in support of the Office of Environmental Management mission. \;

His bio is below.

No registration is necessary for in-person attendance.

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Register in advance for the VIRTUAL #ETEConline meeting here: \;https://tennessee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-CgrDMiHNTsDsHqH0FyubCh2ys57LzH#/registration \;


For more information about ETEC&rsquo\;s weekly meetings\, \;click here.


Visit the \;Find Us page \;for the meeting location\, address\, and map.

Jim Blankenhorn
President and Program Manager
United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR)

UCOR is the lead cleanup contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy'\;s (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management. \;

Jim leads a 2\,300-strong skilled workforce that is safely eliminating more than 200 Manhattan Project and Cold War era excess production facilities on the footprints of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex. UCOR&rsquo\;s work is clearing the way for cutting-edge science missions\; nuclear deterrence modernization\; and continued economic growth in East Tennessee. \;

UCOR has delivered more than 2\,500 acres of federal land for establishing a commercial nuclear innovation district in Oak Ridge that has attracted $12 billion in next generation nuclear investments\; preserved 3\,500 acres for conservation\; and supported historic preservation facilities for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

Before joining UCOR\, Jim was North America Business Operations Senior Vice President for UCOR parent company Amentum and also served as Chair of the UCOR Board of Managers. He has nearly 40 years of experience in nuclear safety\, nuclear facility operations\, decontamination and decommissioning\, engineering\, and project management supporting Department of Energy Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of Defense programs. \;

A U.S. Army veteran\, Jim retired from military service as a Brigadier General in 2017. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Florida Institute of Technology\; a Master of Science in Hazardous Waste Management from National Technology University\; and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. \;


HII Nuclear \;sponsors this month'\;s ETEC Friday Morning Meeting Series.

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