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Frank Munger: Politics could slow Y-12/Pantex contract
Published 5/30/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
With this being an election year, there are questions about whether the National Nuclear Security Administration will award the huge contract consolidating management of the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants — and possibly the tritium operations at Savannah River ...
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Frank Munger: The strange case of Trench 13
Published 5/16/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 5 comments
One of the strangest episodes in the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge cleanup program — and there have been quite a few strange episodes — occurred on Aug. 8, 2005.
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Frank Munger: 'Superfund' lies in data of the beholder
Published 5/9/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge office is spending about $3 million in Recovery Act money on a project that may ultimately redefine the boundaries of federal property included on the Superfund's National Priorities List.
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Frank Munger: K-25 preservation could become battle royal
Published 5/2/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 7 comments
The newly released report by the National Park Service, which strongly recommends saving a piece of the historic K-25 uranium-enrichment facility, gave new energy to some preservationists who thought salvaging part of the original World War II-era structure was pretty ...
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Frank Munger: DOE had a long way to go in going green
Published 4/25/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its updated list of Top 50 Green Power Partnership organizations, which voluntarily use clean, renewable electricity "from resources such as solar, wind and low-impact hydropower."
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Frank Munger: Not secret: microwaves still not ready at Y-12
Published 4/18/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
I've been writing about Y-12's plans to introduce microwaves into the weapons program for so long that it seems like old news. But it's still a work in progress.
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Frank Munger: Smash 'em, bust 'em, that's the custom
Published 4/4/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
A sort of nuclear version of demolition derby takes place daily on the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge reservation.
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Frank Munger: ORNL exec praises unions for commitment to lab
Published 3/28/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
After Oak Ridge National Laboratory's union workers last week approved a three-year contract extension, ORNL Deputy Director Thomas Zacharia praised the hourly employees for their cooperation and commitment to the lab.
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Frank Munger: Union workers to vote on contract extension at ORNL
Published 3/21/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Hourly workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will vote Thursday on a possible three-year contract extension with UT-Battelle, the managing contractor at ORNL.
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Frank Munger: Changes in warhead rehab could impact Y-12
Published 3/7/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
The 10-Year Site Plan for the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge makes a number of assumptions in projecting the plant's workload over the next decade. The first assumption on the list is: "Life Extension Program production will be ...
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Frank Munger: Supercomputing is as simple as 3, 2, 1
Published 2/29/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Energy Secretary Steven Chu has a Nobel Prize in Physics on his resume. Enough said. The guy is brilliant. So, it's difficult enough to ask him a question that's worthy of his attention, let alone press him for an answer. ...
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Frank Munger: When Jaguar becomes Titan, how fast will it be?
Published 2/22/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Buddy Bland, the director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Leadership Computing Facility, said the Jaguar supercomputer occupies a space that's the size of a basketball court.
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Frank Munger: Signs that Y-12 dispute nearing a resolution?
Published 2/8/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 4 comments
Construction of Y-12's new high-security storage facility was completed in 2009, and it is now loaded with the nation's primary stockpile of bomb-grade uranium.
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Frank Munger: Ted the fed tries life as a contractor
Published 2/1/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
Ted Sherry said he didn't want to leave Oak Ridge, and he didn't. He just swapped valleys, jumping from Bear Creek to Bethel.
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Frank Munger: Y-12/Pantex HQ could go to Amarillo
Published 1/25/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 3 comments
Oak Ridge is a big deal within the U.S. Department of Energy, playing host to a diverse mix of facilities and programs that range from nuclear weapons to science research and environmental cleanup. Because of its importance to DOE, the ...
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