Y-12 protesters allegedly enter high-security area, spray paint, splash blood
Note: This story was last updated at 6:40 p.m. July 29. Three Plowshares protesters who oppose nuclear weapons allegedly sneaked through four fences at the Y-12 National Security Complex before dawn...
View ArticleNNSA exceeds nuclear weapons dismantlement goal
The National Nuclear Security Administration announced today that it exceeded its goal for dismantling nuclear weapons in the federal fiscal year that ended in September. In a press release, the NNSA...
View ArticleOpposed to nuclear weapons work, Y-12 protesters refused to plead guilty
The three protesters who vandalized a uranium storage building at Y-12 National Security Complex in July said they would not accept a plea deal from the federal government earlier this year, even...
View ArticlePresident Truman’s grandson to discuss decision to bomb Japan in World War II
In a speech later this month, the oldest grandson of former president Harry S. Truman will discuss his grandfather’s decision to use the world’s first atomic weapons at the end of World War II, a...
View ArticleManhattan Project national park bill also reintroduced in U.S. House
A bill to set up a Manhattan Project national park that would include Oak Ridge has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation was reintroduced on Friday in the...
View ArticleAlexander questions energy secretary nominee about Oak Ridge mercury cleanup
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander on Tuesday questioned energy secretary nominee Ernest Moniz on whether the cleanup of mercury contamination in Oak Ridge would be a priority under his leadership, a press...
View ArticleY-12 protesters submit witness list, want extra time for jury questioning
The three protesters who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in July want to call a retired bishop, a doctor, a former U.S. attorney general, a civil rights leader, and a retired military...
View ArticleCleanup work shifts to mercury as new Y-12 water treatment plant announced
Cleanup work in Oak Ridge could shift from radiological contamination to mercury contamination, and a new $120 million water treatment plant at the Y-12 National Security Complex will help reduce...
View ArticleGuest column: Did God initiate the invention of the atomic bomb?
I hear the siren. It’s noon on May 1, the first Wednesday of the month. What a coincidence, as I sit at my computer reading the Washington Post article “The Prophets of Oak Ridge.” It mentions that...
View ArticleY-12 protester case goes to jury this afternoon
Note: This story was last updated at 12:51 p.m. KNOXVILLE—The case against three anti-nuclear weapons activists who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in July and vandalized a uranium...
View ArticleMore than 475 metric tons of Russian highly enriched uranium eliminated
Deliveries are 95 percent complete, represents 19,000 nuclear warheads converted to civilian use WASHINGTON, D.C.–The National Nuclear Security Administration on Monday announced it has monitored the...
View ArticleOREPA celebrates world court opinion on nuclear weapons on Sunday at Y-12
An Oak Ridge organization that opposes the nuclear weapons production work at the Y-12 National Security Complex has organized a Sunday reading of a world court opinion on the legality of the use, or...
View ArticlePeace group wants fence removed from longtime Y-12 protest area
Calling it an assault on their First Amendment rights, an Oak Ridge organization has again asked a federal court to order officials to remove a fence that blocks an area long used for protests, vigils,...
View ArticleNuclear goes Hollywood: New film sheds light on old debate
By Scott Jones About 300 people attended a showing of the new pro-nuclear film “Pandora’s Promise” and heard a panel discussion about nuclear energy on Saturday, including perspectives from Oak Ridge...
View ArticleGuest column: Y-12 wants to have best security in nation’s nuclear weapons...
Note: This is a copy of a message that B&W Y-12 President and General Manager Chuck Spencer sent to employees July 25 regarding the one-year anniversary of the July 28, 2012, security breach at the...
View ArticleOREPA commemorates Nagasaki bombing with peace lantern ceremony
The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance will commemorate the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, with a peace lantern ceremony this evening at Sequoyah Hills Park in Knoxville. The ceremony...
View ArticleWilcox never gave up on plan to preserve K-25 history, former DOE manager says
The fight to preserve the history of the K-25 site in west Oak Ridge was long and arduous. Among the challenges were federal funding battles and deteriorated building conditions. Other people might...
View ArticleU.S. must combat nuclear proliferation, maintain safe weapons arsenal, NNSA...
The United States must continue to lead international efforts to limit and reduce nuclear arsenals, combat nuclear proliferation, and secure nuclear materials across the globe, the retired military...
View ArticleSenate passes Alexander, Udall resolution for nuclear workers’ Day of...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday by U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, and U.S. Senator Mark Udall, a Colorado Democrat, to designate Oct. 30,...
View ArticleWith shutdown looming, DOE expects to keep operating for now
Although a federal government shutdown is looming, the U.S. Department of Energy expects federal employees to continue reporting for work unless there is a lapse in appropriations and all available...
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