New federal office oversees Y-12, Pantex work
A new federal office has been created to oversee nuclear production work at the Pantex Site in Amarillo, Texas, and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. The new office is called the...
View ArticleHoag named deputy manager of NNSA Production Office
Federal officials have selected a deputy manager for a new federal office set up to oversee nuclear production missions in Oak Ridge and Amarillo, Texas. Daniel Hoag has been named deputy manager of...
View ArticleY-12 site manager, fired security guard could testify at protester trial
This story was updated at 9 p.m. KNOXVILLE—A federal official who oversees production work at two nuclear weapons plants and the guard who was fired after the unprecedented security breach at the Y-12...
View ArticleThree officers, one supervisor suspended after unbadged driver enters Y-12
Four guards have been suspended at the Y-12 National Security Complex after a woman who did not have permission to be at the nuclear weapons plant drove through the main entrance on Thursday morning...
View ArticleNNSA Production Office tops Feds Feed Families campaign goal
Employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office, or NPO, have donated 17,348 pounds of food as part of the annual U.S. Department of Energy’s “Feds Feed Families” campaign....
View ArticleNNSA Production Office names public affairs specialist
Rebekah Nwangwa has been named public affairs specialist for the National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office, or NPO. In her new position, Nwangwa is responsible for supporting NNSA...
View ArticleY-12 apprentice program celebrates third graduating class
The apprentice program at the Y-12 National Security Complex recently celebrated its third graduating class as 27 participants gained their journeyman status. The program was restarted in 2008 after an...
View ArticleMedal of Honor recipients honored at Y-12
Three Medal of Honor recipients were honored at the Y-12 National Security Complex during a Town Hall Forum on Friday, part of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s annual convention held in...
View ArticleSpotlight: Weapons lab directors visit Y-12
Laboratory directors from Sandia National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory recently visited the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. The...
View ArticleRobbins named deputy manager of NNSA Production Office
Teresa M. Robbins has been named deputy manager for the National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office, or NPO. In her new role, Robbins is responsible for day-to-day management and...
View ArticleMorris named NPO assistant manager for environment, safety, health
Susan Morris has been named assistant manager for environment, safety, health, and quality for the National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office. The NPO oversees work at the Y-12 National...
View ArticleDOE offers expanded public bus tours of federal sites in Oak Ridge
The U.S. Department of Energy’s public bus tour of federal sites in Oak Ridge is now offered to visitors nine months out of the year, versus only summer months as in the past. This popular tour of...
View ArticleY-12’s Edlund named DOE Facility Representative of the Year
Jeff Edlund, who conducts day-to-day federal oversight of enriched uranium facility operations at the Y-12 National Security Complex, has been named the U.S. Department of Energy Facility...
View Article‘Handful’ of ORNL scientists from countries included in travel ban, but no...
Note: This story was updated at 1:30 a.m. Feb. 12. A “handful of scientists” working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are citizens of the seven countries that were barred from entering the United...
View ArticleReaders ask about layoffs at ORNL, UPF
Oak Ridge Today readers have recently asked about layoffs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex. In mid-June, ORNL said there had...
View ArticleMission need approved for lithium production facility at Y-12, but cost,...
The mission need has been approved for a new lithium production facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex and various alternatives have been reviewed, but the cost and schedule have not yet been...
View ArticleCongressmen praise consolidated contract at Y-12, Pantex
Two congressmen, one from East Tennessee and other the chair of the House Armed Services Committee, praised the consolidated contract that has been used to manage and operate the Pantex Plant in...
View ArticleNNSA Production Office donated 43,398 pounds of food for Annual Feds Feed...
Employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office, or NPO, donated 43,398 pounds of food as part of the annual U.S. Department of Energy’s Feds Feed Families, or FFF,...
View ArticleLithium Production Facility could be built in area of Biology Complex at Y-12
Federal officials have already approved the need for a new Lithium Production Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex, and this month, they said it could be built on the east side of the...
View ArticleY-12: NNSA wants new Lithium Production Facility operating by 2030
The National Nuclear Security Administration wants a new Lithium Production Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex to be fully operational before 2030, officials said. Federal officials have...
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