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The U.S. Department of Energy is accepting public comments on a draft environmental assessment to
evaluate alternatives to safely dispose of approximately 15,300 tons of radiologically-contaminated nickel
scrap recovered from uranium enrichment process equipment at the department's Oak Ridge and Paducah,
Ky., facilities.
Energy Department considers selling radioactive metal. Plants in Tenn., Ky. generated material.
Nashville Tennessean. 6/15/08.
evaluate alternatives to safely dispose of approximately 15,300 tons of radiologically-contaminated nickel
scrap recovered from uranium enrichment process equipment at the department's Oak Ridge and Paducah,
Ky., facilities.
Energy Department considers selling radioactive metal. Plants in Tenn., Ky. generated material.
Nashville Tennessean. 6/15/08.
| Out of Control – On Purpose: DOE’s Dispersal of Radioactive Waste into Landfills and Consumer Products. Diane D’Arrigo and Mary Olson Nuclear Information and Resource Service. May 2007. A must read. |
Y-12 contractor fined for uranium chip fire. About 110 workers contaminated in 2007 safety violation. By
Frank Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel June 17, 2008
Frank Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel June 17, 2008
Worst of ORNL. Shiny new campus lies in shadow of lethal legacy from past. By Frank Munger Knoxville
News Sentinel. January 6, 2008
News Sentinel. January 6, 2008
Y-12 out of mercury bill. OR plant excluded as storage site in measure that also bans exports.
Knoxville News Sentinel. October 3, 2008
Senator blocking mercury proposal. Alexander in favor of export ban but doesn't want toxic metal in
OR. Knoxville News Sentinel. 9/1/2008
Knoxville News Sentinel. October 3, 2008
Senator blocking mercury proposal. Alexander in favor of export ban but doesn't want toxic metal in
OR. Knoxville News Sentinel. 9/1/2008
What to do with notorious White Oak Lake. Knoxvile News Sentinel. 9/2/08
Uranium Fortress Dedicated. Knoxville News Sentinel. 9/30/08
New Y-12 storage site nearly complete Uranium facility seen as key component of plant's modernization By
Frank Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel: September 10, 2008
New U.S. storage depot for the highly enriched uranium in nuclear weapons. Scientific American.
September 9, 2008.
New Y-12 storage site nearly complete Uranium facility seen as key component of plant's modernization By
Frank Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel: September 10, 2008
New U.S. storage depot for the highly enriched uranium in nuclear weapons. Scientific American.
September 9, 2008.
Alexander sponsors bill to help sick nuclear workers' families. By Frank Munger Knoxville News
Sentinel: September 10, 2008
Sentinel: September 10, 2008
USEC break big for OR. Pay in lieu of taxes means saving for company, funds for city. Knoxville News
Sentinel. September 3, 2008
Sentinel. September 3, 2008
The DOE cleanup dilemma, Oak Ridge and elsewhere Frank Munger.
Knoxville News Sentinel. Nov. 22, 2008.
Oak Ridge cleanup project gets DOE's OK; could cost up to $14 B. Frank
Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel. Nov. 19, 2008.
Delaying Oak Ridge cleanup could be costly nightmare. By Frank Munger.
Knoxville News Sentinel. November 12, 2008
Taking down a radioactive behemoth. Knoxville News Sentinel. Nov. 7, 2008
DOE says K-25 structure can't be saved By Frank Munger. Knoxville News
Sentinel. October 21, 2008
Deal reached on Oak Ridge cleanup. Bechtel Jacobs contract is worth $1.48
billion. By Frank Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel. September 25, 2008
Cleanup of Oak Ridge's K-25 plant to take 15 years. Nashville Tennessean.
June 2, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel. Nov. 22, 2008.
Oak Ridge cleanup project gets DOE's OK; could cost up to $14 B. Frank
Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel. Nov. 19, 2008.
Delaying Oak Ridge cleanup could be costly nightmare. By Frank Munger.
Knoxville News Sentinel. November 12, 2008
Taking down a radioactive behemoth. Knoxville News Sentinel. Nov. 7, 2008
DOE says K-25 structure can't be saved By Frank Munger. Knoxville News
Sentinel. October 21, 2008
Deal reached on Oak Ridge cleanup. Bechtel Jacobs contract is worth $1.48
billion. By Frank Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel. September 25, 2008
Cleanup of Oak Ridge's K-25 plant to take 15 years. Nashville Tennessean.
June 2, 2008
Burial secrets at Oak Ridge. Frank Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel. Oct. 27, 2008
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Tennessee nearing $1B in sick worker compensation. Frank Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel.
10/28/08.
Results in on beryllium disease. New study of Y-12 employees blames exposure, genetics. By Frank
Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel. October 28, 2008.
10/28/08.
Results in on beryllium disease. New study of Y-12 employees blames exposure, genetics. By Frank
Munger. Knoxville News Sentinel. October 28, 2008.
Nuke plan aims at Y-12 complex. Nashville Tennessean. October 10, 2008.
After 15,700 truckloads, Witherspoon cleanup nears end. Frank Munger.
Knoxville News Sentinel. Nov. 20, 2008.
Knoxville News Sentinel. Nov. 20, 2008.