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Frank Munger

Title: Senior writer
Contact: 865-342-6329 | Send Frank an email

About Frank Munger

Biography

Visit Frank Munger's blog Atomic City Underground. He is blogging on the Department of Energy and Oak Ridge.
Frank Munger

Position History

  • Senior writer
    05/30/2000 - current

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Recent Work

  • 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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