Youth to demonstrate in Oak Ridge, say ‘no’ to ‘bomb plant’
Young people from Knoxville and Maryville have planned a peace rally, demonstration, and march in Oak Ridge on Saturday to protest the proposed Uranium Processing Facility, which they call a “bomb...
View ArticleLetter: Expansion of DOE waste storage highlights environmental justice problem
To the Editor: For years, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 have steered their workers to live in surrounding counties. This has boosted those economies—while lowering our home values,...
View ArticleThree years after break-in, protesters return to Y-12
Note: This story was last updated at 8:30 a.m. August 9. The three protesters who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex and vandalized a uranium storage building three years ago returned to...
View ArticleDemonstrator arrested after annual march to Y-12
Note: This story was last updated at 9:45 p.m. Aug. 7. A Kentucky woman was arrested on a state misdemeanor charge after she walked up to the federal “blue line” at the front entrance of the Y-12...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Thursday for UPF Construction Support Building
A groundbreaking has been scheduled for Thursday morning for the three-story Construction Support Building for the multi-billion dollar Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 National Security Complex....
View ArticleLast seven days have been great for Oak Ridge, mayor says; read presentation...
Note: This is a lightly edited version of a presentation that Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch gave to the East Tennessee Economic Council on Friday, September 9. It is a pleasure for me to be here this...
View ArticlePhoto: Concrete Batch Plant for UPF at Y-12
Construction is almost complete on a batch plant that will provide concrete for the Uranium Processing Facility, or UPF, at Y-12 National Security Complex. The components for the concrete batch plant...
View ArticlePresident’s budget request includes money for two UPF buildings at Y-12
Note: This story was updated at 1:45 p.m. The budget request released Tuesday by President Donald Trump includes money to start construction of two buildings at the Uranium Processing Facility at the...
View ArticleWhile here in May, Secretary Perry made his first visit to UPF
Note: This story was originally published by the National Nuclear Security Administration on May 24. While he visited Oak Ridge in May, new Energy Secretary Rick Perry made his first visit to the...
View ArticleNNSA: Y-12 funding would be up 25 percent under president’s budget request
Note: This story was last updated at 4:20 p.m. Funding for the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge would be up about 25 percent under the budget request submitted to Congress in May,...
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 ArticleFederal lawsuit asks for environmental review of new UPF design
A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that the U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration have violated a federal environmental law, and the civil complaint asks for an...
View ArticlePeace activists will remember Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings, call for ban on...
Peace activists will have events in Oak Ridge and Knoxville starting Saturday and ending Wednesday that will recall the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II, and the...
View ArticleDOE, NNSA deny alleged risk of ‘catastrophic collapse’ of old Y-12 buildings
Note: This story was updated at 8:30 a.m. The plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit filed in federal court in July alleged that there is a risk of a catastrophic collapse of old buildings containing nuclear...
View ArticleWith $3 billion in savings expected, not clear how much saved at Y-12, Pantex...
More than $3 billion in savings are expected during a decade, but it’s not clear yet how much money has been saved after three years under a consolidated contract at two nuclear weapons plants in...
View ArticleCouncil asks UPF project director to postpone removal of trees on top of Pine...
A letter unanimously approved by Oak Ridge City Council on Monday asks federal officials to postpone a project to remove trees and other vegetation from the top of Pine Ridge for 161-kilovolt power...
View ArticleCity wants to minimize impact of new power lines for Y-12, UPF
The City of Oak Ridge has asked federal officials to consider an option that minimizes the impact of new high-voltage power lines planned on top of Pine Ridge, which is between the center of the city...
View ArticleNNSA grants 45-day discussion for Pine Ridge logging, Y-12 power lines
The National Nuclear Security Administration has granted a 45-day discussion period for a project to build a new electrical substation at the Y-12 National Security Complex that could include logging...
View ArticleNNSA has information session on Y-12, UPF, electrical substation on Wednesday
The National Nuclear Security Administration will have an information session on Wednesday about the Y-12 National Security Complex, the Uranium Processing Facility construction project, and the work...
View ArticleConstruction authorized for main Uranium Processing Facility buildings
Federal officials have authorized the start of construction of the three main buildings, including one for enriched uranium operations, at the Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National...
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