#y-12

[jbfly46]

Oak Ridge, TN is the core of American military industrial complex corruption. No one at the Y-12 National Security Complex does any actual work.

[robcarpenter2]

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 based, quoted a statement issued by G4S that said Omar Mateen had worked for the company since Sept. 10, 2007. "We are cooperating fully with all…

[jkmhoffman]

Tennessee is the first and only state so far to pass the $2 billion milestone for payments and medical care from the government's compensation program for sick nuclear workers. That mark was passed recently. Most of the Tennessee claimants were former workers (or their surviving relatives) at the Oak Ridge nuclear facilities. All told, more…

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[jkmhoffman]

The National Nuclear Security Administration's Production Office today released info stating that 260 employees at Y-12 and Pantex received Defense Programs Awards of Excellence at ceremonies last month at the two sites in Oak Ridge and Amarillo, Texas. The awards recognize achievements in quality, productivity, safety, creativity or cost savings, NNSA said. NNSA did not…

[jkmhoffman]

Ralph Hutchison, peace activist and long-time coordinator of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, said he got a visit this morning at his home from two agents who identified themselves as being the Joint Terrorism Task Force. According to Hutchison, most of the officers' questions had to do with photographs taken of the Uranium Proccessing Facility…

[jkmhoffman]

Pantex contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security said it was informed today that unions had approved a new four-year labor agreement, which means about 1,100 striking workers will return to work Monday. "CNS is pleased that negotiations led to a labor agreement that provides stability to the workforce and recognizes the Metal Trades Council’s important contributions to…

[jkmhoffman]

Aerial view of the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge. (NNSA photo) A federal spokesman confirmed Thursday evening that the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant inadvertently sent a larger-than-intended quantity of “special nuclear material” to a commercial facility earlier this summer. The mistake reportedly wasn’t discovered until the recipient notified Y-12 of the problem, spawning…

[jkmhoffman]

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 memo by staff of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. It reportedly noted some accomplishments over the past year, such as establishing an administrative limit…