Frank Munger

• Peace group's report analyzes Y-12 future, suggests focus on dismantlement Published 11/04/2009 at 2:34 p.m.

  OAK RIDGE - The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance has released a "white paper" that analyzes the missions at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant and proposes that the Oak Ridge plant refocus its efforts entirely on dismantlement.

• Munger: House panel takes fresh look at fusion Published 11/04/2009 at midnight

  The House Science subcommittee on energy and environment hosted a hearing last week on fusion research. It attracted attention to a future energy source that tends to take a backseat these days to wind and solar and just about anything ...

• Munger: Day of Remembrance to honor nuclear workers Published 10/28/2009 at midnight

  The first National Day of Remembrance honoring workers in the nation's nuclear weapons program, many of whom fell sick and ultimately died as a result of workplace exposures, will be Friday, and Oak Ridge will be among the sites holding ...

• Munger: 2010 funding doesn’t secure facility’s future Published 10/21/2009 at midnight

  Last week’s news that the conference report for the 2010 Energy and Water appropriations bill contained...

• Munger: Once again, ORNL gets a piece of a Nobel Prize Published 10/14/2009 at midnight

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory got another piece of a Nobel Prize last week when it was announced that Venkatraman Ramakrishnan shared the chemistry prize for 2009.

• Munger: News in rearview mirror may be larger than it looks Published 10/07/2009 at midnight

  Russia's nuclear chief, Sergei Kiriyenko, was in Oak Ridge last week, which in itself was notable, and the fact that he toured the new storage compound for weapons-grade uranium at the Y-12 National Security Complex was quite extraordinary.

• Munger: Talking down memory lane: DOE records oral histories Published 09/30/2009 at midnight

  Wanted: Retired feds to share their experiences and help preserve Oak Ridge history.

• Propane proposal derailed, but what about future plans? Published 09/23/2009 at midnight

  Last week, information surfaced about a proposal to store up to 100 tanker cars of liquid propane gas on a railroad at the East Tennessee Technology Park.

• Munger: Regular checkups part of reactor's health plan Published 09/02/2009 at midnight

  One of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's prize possessions will be out of commission for the next month and half, but that's not a bad thing.

• Munger: With jobs on the line, clearances come quickly Published 08/26/2009 at midnight

  With hiring on the increase at the government's Oak Ridge facilities because of record funding levels, including a sizable influx of Recovery Act money, the time required to get a top-level "Q" security clearance is on the decrease.

• ORNL and German lab forge partnership at Spallation Neutron Source Published 11/05/2009 at 12:16 p.m.

  OAK RIDGE - Oak Ridge National Laboratory this week hosted a workshop with a German research institute, Forschungszentrum Julich, to discuss neutron science and celebrate completion of a new research instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source.

• Exporting bomb-grade uranium for nuke smuggling exercise Published 11/05/2009 at 10:15 a.m.

  OAK RIDGE - The National Nuclear Security Administration and the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant were busy this summer obtaining export licenses from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and apparently shipping samples of weapons-grade uranium around the world for some sort of ...

• Trident warheads delivered to U.S. Navy Published 11/05/2009 at midnight

  OAK RIDGE - After years of effort, the government confirmed this week that the first batch of refurbished W76 (Trident) warheads has been delivered to the U.S. Navy.

• First delivery of refurbished Trident warheads confirmed Published 11/04/2009 at 12:44 p.m.

  OAK RIDGE - The National Nuclear Security Administration has confirmed delivery of the first refurbished W76 (Trident) warheads to the U.S. Navy. Earlier this year, the NNSA indicated the initial delivery would likely take place in late fall, but federal ...

• Splitting up ORNL/Y-12 pension fund under discussion Updated 11/03/2009 at 11:41 a.m.

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 are on the verge of splitting up the Oak Ridge pension trust fund they share and going their own way on retirement planning.

• USEC reports 3Q loss; updates centrifuge project Updated 11/03/2009 at 10:05 a.m.

  USEC said Monday it lost $6.2 million in the third quarter. The company also released a lengthy “update” on the American Centrifuge project.

• OR retiree group has new hope Published 11/03/2009 at midnight

  OAK RIDGE - Oak Ridge retirees didn't get a much-desired pension increase during the past year, but some positive things happened, the president of the Coalition of Oak Ridge Retired Employees said Monday at the group's annual meeting.

• 13 ORNL reactors reveal history Published 11/01/2009 at midnight

  OAK RIDGE - The history of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to a large extent, can be told through its nuclear reactors, and it's quite an eventful story.

• ORNL director testifies before Congress on fusion energy research Published 10/28/2009 at 3:21 p.m.

  OAK RIDGE - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Thom Mason testified today before the House Science energy and environment subcommittee.

• Atoms for Peace all over again? Published 10/28/2009 at 11:28 a.m.

  OAK RIDGE - It's all about knowledge preservation. The International Atomic Energy Agency has joined with the Oak Ridge-based Office of Scientific and Technical Information to help make nuclear-related research results more available to research scientists, academia and Joe and ...

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