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Y-12 / Oak Ridge Lab (ORNL)
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
Department of Energy Must Address Security Concerns at Oak Ridge Nuclear Lab News reports that a private security contractor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory slept on the job just adds to a laundry list of security issues at the Tennessee facility that the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has been asking the Department of Energy (DOE) to address for seven years.
January 25, 2012
POGO urges DOE to strengthen scientific integrity policies
December 15, 2011
Allegation Weakens Case for $5 Billion Energy Department Facility
October 28, 2010
Podcast: Downblending and the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex in Plain English How the U.S. can create jobs, increase security, save money, and generate as much as $23 billion for the Treasury. POGO's Ingrid Drake and Peter Stockton sit down to explain POGO's latest report.
September 17, 2010
POGO Comments on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF)
January 29, 2010
POGO letter to Glenn Podonsky, DOE Chief Health, Safety, and Security Officer, regarding beryllium
December 9, 2008
Not Another Dime
July 8, 2008
POGO Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman concerning inadequate security at the Y-12 facility and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
October 31, 2006
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Y-12 and Oak Ridge National Laboratory at High Risk Two Department of Energy nuclear weapons facilities in Eastern Tennessee are at high risk, and can not meet the government's security standards. If a terrorist attacks the Y-12 National Security Complex or the Oak Ridge National Labs, and detonates an improvised nuclear device with the more than 400 metric tons of highly-enriched uranium or the 1000 cans of U-233 stored at the sites, more than 60,000 people living in the area would die.
October 16, 2006
POGO Report Finds Security Is a Moving Target at the Nation’s Major HEU Storage Facility DOE Can't Meet Its Own Post-9/11 Security Standards for Y-12 and Oak Ridge Nuclear Facilities
October 16, 2006
Fire in Building at Nation’s Largest HEU Storage Facility
October 10, 2006
POGO Discovers Security Weaknesses at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
September 29, 2005
Wackenhut Guards Almost Shot During Nuclear Security Test
October 23, 2004
Related Resources
The Disposition of Uranium-233 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Memorandum for the Secretary by Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit Services, Report # DOE/IG-0834
February 1, 2010
Design of the Uranium Storage Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex
Memorandum for the Secretary by Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General, Department of Energy / Inspector General Report # DOE/IG-0643
March 1, 2004
POGO in the News
Watchdog group says security at nuclear site has ‘egregious’ gaps, Mark Rockwell, GSN: Government Security News, January 26, 2012
Watchdog says U.S. holds enriched-uranium surplus, denverpost.com, The Denver Post, September 14, 2010
U.S. stockpiling uranium, POGO warns, UPI.com, United Press International, September 14, 2010
U.S. Energy Department holding 324 metric tons of bomb-grade uranium, report says, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2010
Y-12: fogbank produced in Spring 2008, By Frank Munger, Knoxville Sentinel/Knoxnews.com, June 3, 2009
Guards at Y-12 might become federalized, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, December 15, 2007
The True Story: Two U.S. Nuclear Labs "Hacked", By Jason Mick, Daily Tech, December 8, 2007
Hackers Launch Major Attack on US Military Labs, By John E. Dunn, Techworld , December 7, 2007
Not short on cache, By Frank Munger, Knoxnews.com, May 7, 2007
Fire started during Y-12 operation in December, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, January 29, 2007
Administrator is dismissed from nuclear security post, By Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, January 5, 2007
Y-12 manager speaks openly but cautiously , By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, December 4, 2006
Y-12 facility nearly half complete; Cost estimate for uranium storehouse now at $500M, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, November 27, 2006
Government investigator finds unsafe uranium storage at Y-12 , By The Associated Press, The Knoxville News Sentinel, October 24, 2006
Congressional delegation should examine nuclear security plans and criteria, , GoUpstate.com, October 17, 2006
Watchdog group says Energy Dept. waived security standards for nuclear lab, By Matthew Berger, CQ Homeland Security, October 16, 2006
Security lax at U.S. nuke weapons plant: watchdogs , By Richard Cowan, Reuters, October 16, 2006
Report: Poor security at Y-12, ORNL, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News-Sentinel, October 16, 2006
Group says nuclear weapons plant fails to meet security goals, By Duncan Mansfield, Associated Press, October 16, 2006
Post-9/11 Security Standards Not Being Met at Uranium Facility, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, October 16, 2006
Small fire in Y-12 Plant's uranium warehouse verified, By Duncan Mansfield, The Oak Ridger, October 10, 2006
Y-12 confirms fire in uranium warehouse, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, October 10, 2006
Plans change for ORNL nuclear material, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, February 2, 2006
For the umpteenth time, feds and POGO disagree , By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, October 12, 2005
BWXT anxious to tout security bragging rights , By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, October 5, 2005
Watchdog group, DOE at odds on ORNL security , By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, September 30, 2005
Two watchdog members booted from Oak Ridge lab complex , By Duncan Mansfield , Associated Press , September 30, 2005
Oak Ridge guards get more overtime, less training , By Duncan Mansfield , Associated Press, June 29, 2005
Uranium not secure at ORNL, group says, By Frank Munger , Knoxville News Sentinel, May 17, 2005
Wackenhut services in Oak Ridge extended ; Security firm also to bid on next year's contract , By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, March 15, 2005
Wackenhut official says Y-12 guards not 'Keystone Kops', By Duncan Mansfield , Associated Press, March 3, 2005
Security Drill at Weapons Plant Raises Safety Questions, By Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times, December 21, 2004
Wackenhut's Witch Hunt Tale, Op-Ed By POGO's Peter Stockton and Danielle Brian, The Oak Ridger, November 12, 2004
Y-12 security barely avoided 'friendly fire,' oversight group says, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, October 23, 2004
Oak Ridge site still vulnerable, reports suggest, By Larry Bivins, The Tennessean, March 28, 2004
U.S.: Nuclear Plant Cheated During Drill, By Duncan Mansfield, Associated Press, January 27, 2004
Y -12 bombs security exercise, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, January 16, 2004
