Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:54 PM

bananas (20,163 posts)

'Security stand-down': Government contractor orders Y-12 to cease all nuclear operations

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

OAK RIDGE - In an apparently unprecedented action, the government's contractor today ordered a "security stand-down" at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant.

All nuclear operations are being put on hold and all nuclear materials will go into vaults while plant workers focus solely on security.

The order by B&W Y-12, and supported by the National Nuclear Security Administration, comes because of the security lapses that allowed peace protesters to penetrate the plant's highest security area on Saturday morning.

See full story on Atomic City Underground. http://blogs.knoxnews.com/munger/2012/08/security-standdown-ordered-at.html

Read more: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/aug/01/security-standdown-government-orders-y-12-cease-al/

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
'Security stand-down': Government contractor orders Y-12 to cease all nuclear operations (Original post)	bananas	Aug 2012	OP
If you haven't heard about Transform Now Plowshares getting into Y-12	bananas	Aug 2012	#1
Anybody know what is the relationship of NNSA to NRC, if any? (nt)	enough	Aug 2012	#2
None	doohnibor	Aug 2012	#5
Thank you, very clear. (nt)	enough	Aug 2012	#10
Sounds Like Plowshares Succeeded Beyond their Wildest Dreams	AndyTiedye	Aug 2012	#3
hmm..think I will send them a check.	dixiegrrrrl	Aug 2012	#8
"we remain entirely confident in the security of Y-12's facilities." bwahahahahahaaa	wordpix	Aug 2012	#4
You get what you pay for:	Did I Just Type This	Aug 2012	#6
How many nucks do we need?	Stratosgc	Aug 2012	#7
because of this reason..	JustinAhalpern	Aug 2012	#9

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:58 PM

bananas (20,163 posts)

1. If you haven't heard about Transform Now Plowshares getting into Y-12

the story was posted in yesterdays LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014181958

They also have a website at http://transformnowplowshares.wordpress.com/

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:04 PM

enough (6,917 posts)

2. Anybody know what is the relationship of NNSA to NRC, if any? (nt)

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Response to enough (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:41 PM

doohnibor (97 posts)

5. None

NNSA was spun off from DOE to concentrate solely on managing the nuclear weapons stockpile. NRC solely oversees commercial nuclear installations. One has been captured by the military-industrial contractors, the other by the electric power utilities.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:15 PM

enough (6,917 posts)

10. Thank you, very clear. (nt)

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:19 PM

AndyTiedye (22,977 posts)

3. Sounds Like Plowshares Succeeded Beyond their Wildest Dreams

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:33 PM

dixiegrrrrl (30,826 posts)

8. hmm..think I will send them a check.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:20 PM

wordpix (12,478 posts)

4. "we remain entirely confident in the security of Y-12's facilities." bwahahahahahaaa

So secure some peace protesters got in and there's a stand down order due to a security "malfunction."

But it's "safe, clean, cheap, and secure" in 3-2-1....

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 02:15 AM

Did I Just Type This (77 posts)

6. You get what you pay for:

Maybe if they paid their "security officers" more than minimum wage they might actually have security, just a guess of course.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:56 PM

Stratosgc (27 posts)

7. How many nucks do we need?

In 2006 we spent $60B on improving our nuclear weapons. Why? We can put a nuclear warhead the size of a large trash can with a yield of 50M tons of TNT in Putin's bath tub from a launch point in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We can wipe out the Russians and any other conceivable enemy 10 times over. Why are we spending huge amounts improving that.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:36 PM

JustinAhalpern (11 posts)

9. because of this reason..

There's money in doing this.
We need to find a way to make it less profitable.
Protest often. Spend the money elsewhere.

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