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Message to Pantex from CNS leaders
Consolidated Nuclear Security President Jim Haynes, pictured left, and Chief Operating Officer Morgan Smith released a message to Pantex employees, addressing the strike by union workers represented by...
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IG: Y-12 made $50M in security improvements but . . .
A newly released audit report by the Department of Energy’s Inspector General found that the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant spent more than $50 million as part of a Security Improvement Project, which was...
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Alexander wants to rename route ‘Oak Ridge Corridor’
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., today proposed renaming the route from the Knoxville Airport to Oak Ridge the “Oak Ridge Corridor.” He suggested it would give it more of the feel of the Research...
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A Y-12 insider’s account of the July 28, 2012 security breach and what followed
Author Steve Gibbs, a former security executive at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, holds a copy of his new book, “Behind the Blue Line: Protecting Our Nuclear Weapons Complex.” It was late-night...
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If you want to purchase Steve Gibbs’ book
Former security official Steve Gibbs’ new book, “Behind the Blue Line: Protecting Our Nuclear Weapons Complex,” is available in paperback at $20. Gibbs is still developing his book plans, but he has a...
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Adding options for canning HEU may save $30M
Consolidated Nuclear Security, the government’s managing contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, released some additional information this week about the canning operations that have...
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IG report: Y-12 didn’t respond properly to HEU incident
An Inspector general’s report released today says Y-12 didn’t properly handle a January 2014 incident in which small vials of bomb-grade uranium almost left the plant on a laundry truck. The report...
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Resentencing of Y-12 protesters will be done by phone
Plowshares protesters, from left, Greg Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice, and Michael Walli, in November 2012. (KNS photo/Saul Young) U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar will hold a resentencing hearing for...
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The smell of highly enriched uranium
I reported earlier about a new book by Steve Gibbs, a former official with Wackenhut Services when the security company managed the protective force at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge. That...
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Peace group says UPF price tag will top $10B; Sen. Alexander says project is...
Conceptual plan for the three-building Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in Oak Ridge. (NNSA) The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance says the cost of the Uranium...
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UPF consolidating offices in Commerce Park
The Uranium Processing Facility’s design and management team is vacating its headquarters on Union Valley Road in Oak Ridge, as well as an off-site facility in Knoxville, and creating a “walkable...
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The labor agreement between the Consolidated Nuclear Security and the Atomic Trades and Labor Council at Y-12, which has been extended multiple times, is due to expire on Sept. 28. And, so far, there...
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War Eagle
Consolidated Nuclear Security, the government’s managing contractor at the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants, has signed a memorandum of agreement with Auburn University pledging to collaborate on...
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Annual checkup at 9212: good and not so good
An annual review of conditions at Y-12’s 9212 uranium complex did not find any safety problems that would warrant limiting operations at the World War II-era facility, according to a newly released...
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IGUA reaches accord with Y-12 contractor
The International Guards Union of America, Local 3, has agreed on a new five-year labor agreement with Consolidated Nuclear Security — the government’s managing contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons...
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Unions to begin contract negotiations at ORNL
It’s not clear what prompted the move, but UT-Battelle — the government’s managing contractor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory — reportedly approached the Atomic Trades and Labor Council about getting...
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Another issue at Fogbank production facility
Officials at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant confirmed that an “unexpected reaction” took place last month during startup of operations at Building 9225-3 (the Purification Facility). The facility is...
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Y-12 labor contract extended again; about 1,100 workers to get lump-sum...
Aerial view of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. (NNSA photo) Consolidated Nuclear Security, the government’s managing contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, and the Atomic Trades...
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Hearing on Y-12 protesters will decide on probation, other issues
The Y-12 protesters, from left, are Greg Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice and Michael Walli. (KNS photos/Saul Young) A Tuesday morning hearing via teleconference with U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar...
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Plowshares prosecutor leaving U.S. Attorney’s Office
Jeff Theodore, right, emerges from the federal courthouse on May 8, 2013 after gaining convictions on all charges against three Y-12 protesters. One of those convictions — on a charge of sabotage —...
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