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Frank Munger: Will security mess decide Y-12 contract?
Published 9/19/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 0 comments
One of the open-ended questions since the July 28 break-in at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant has been this: How will the unprecedented security breach at Oak Ridge affect the ongoing contract competition to determine who's going to manage Y-12 ...
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Frank Munger: Will Y-12's security mess undercut mercury cleanup?
Updated 9/18/2012 at 12:32 p.m. 0 comments
It's not always easy to predict the path and elevation of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge crises, of which I've witnessed a few. Sometimes they just go on and on, morph and refocus, with a life all their own. ...
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Frank Munger: Rising costs on high-rad project leaves other work undone
Published 8/29/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 0 comments
The cleanup and removal of old hot cells at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, one of the big efforts funded with Recovery Act money, has been a devilish project ever since it was awarded about three years ago.
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Frank Munger: Will Y-12 security breach undermine plans for UPF?
Published 8/22/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 0 comments
The July 28 security breach seems to have pierced the aura of invincibility at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant. That, in itself, is not all bad if it actually results in improved security against threats presumed to be greater than ...
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Frank Munger: DOE contracting makes for strange bedfellows
Published 7/25/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 3 comments
As I noted the other day on my blog, "Atomic City Underground," strange bedfellows can be found in places other than politics. In U.S. Department of Energy contracting, for instance.
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Frank Munger: More, bigger electronics jack up home energy costs
Published 7/18/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 6 comments
According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average annual U.S. household energy expenditure rose to $2,024 in 2009, which was up 11.8 percent from the previous survey in 2005.
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Frank Munger: Ruling could help early Oak Ridge workers collect $$$
Published 7/11/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 1 comment
It looks like it may be a little easier for the families of some early Oak Ridge employees to collect from the government compensation program for sick nuclear workers.
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Frank Munger: Big buzz surrounding Oak Ridge security
Published 7/4/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
There's a lot taking place on the Oak Ridge security front, or so it seems.
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Frank Munger: German rad waste still charted for Oak Ridge
Published 6/27/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 3 comments
EnergySolutions, the Utah-based company with a big Oak Ridge presence, has undergone some topsy-turvy days in recent times, with a shake-up at the top (new chief executive officer), sliding stock prices and credit rating, and continuing rumors about the possible ...
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Frank Munger: Feds beat the rush, combine oversight for Y-12 and Pantex
Published 6/20/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Earth's axis didn't shift or anything like that, but there was a change in the federal order of things this week involving the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.
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Frank Munger: Will DOE changes ease anxiety?
Published 6/13/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
After months of anticipation (and, in some cases, dread), the restructuring of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge office is now in effect and will be fully implemented by July 1.
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Frank Munger: USEC's centrifuge project continues high-wire act
Published 6/6/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 2 comments
The financial future of USEC Inc.'s American Centrifuge Project — and, in turn, the Oak Ridge role in research and manufacturing of centrifuge machines for the project — continues to ride the edge of the cliff.
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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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