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A look at Y-12’s uranium storehouse
Y-12 photo The Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility is a massive structure on the west side of the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, and it may very well house the world’s largest inventory of...
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Mercury cleanup at Y-12 could cost $3B
A sample of soil from Y-12 shows the presence of elemental mercury, a legacy of the plant’s Cold War work on thermonuclear weapons. The cleanup of mercury contamination at the Y-12 nuclear weapons...
View ArticleOrlando shooter worked for G4S
The Orlando nightclub shooter worked for G4S, one of the world’s largest security companies, according to multiple news reports. WPBF, a TV station in Palm Beach County, Fla., where the company is...
View ArticleOrlando shooter had no Y-12 connect
As noted previously, the Orlando nightclub shooter had worked for security contractor G4S since 2007, and the contractor, previously known as Wackenhut, provided security services at the Y-12 nuclear...
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Saddleworn reporter heading out of Dodge
As I finished up a recent Chinese dinner of chicken with black bean sauce, I cracked open my fortune cookie and glanced at the message inside. “All things have an end,” it said, fittingly enough as I...
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Lawler-Wood to develop new complex at Pantex
Conceptual design of planned Administrative Support Complex at the Pantex nuclear weapons plant in Texas. Construction is expected to begin in August. Lawler-Wood LLC of Knoxville will develop a new...
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Y-12’s leak city
Overview of the aged Building 9212 at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant. (Y-12 photo) In a newly released activity report by staff of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Board, it was noted that a Y-12...
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Recalling the joys of reporting
If there was one place, just one, to sit and reflect on the past 35 years, I guess I’d have to choose a seat in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Central Auditorium. Somewhere on the right side, maybe...
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Still no decision on bringing tritium to CNS contract
The National Nuclear Security Administration today confirmed it has not yet made a decision on whether to exercise an option to incorporate the tritium activities at the Savannah River Site into the...
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Y-12/Pantex contractor hires more than 650
Consolidated Nuclear Security, the government’s managing contractor at the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants, confirmed that it has hired more than 650 employees since the start of Fiscal Year...
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DOE report cites criticality alarm issues at Y-12
A newly released Department of Energy assessment of the criticality accident alarm system at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant said the operation is “adequately” maintained, but the review team identified...
View ArticleA uranium back-up
Air ducts associated with a Holden Gas Furnace at Y-12 last month reportedly had a build-up of uranium particles that exceeded nuclear safety limits, prompting a temporary pause in operations...
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The new-jobs breakdown at Y-12, Pantex
As noted in an earlier post, Consolidated Nuclear Security has hired more than 650 new workers in Fiscal Year 2016 — more than halfway to the goal of 1,150 new hires at the two plants managed by CNS,...
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