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ORNL invites companies to connect with lab at ‘Explore ORNL’ 

Posted at 10:00 pm June 21, 2015
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory will open its doors July 14-15 for its “Explore ORNL” conference designed to introduce the region’s business community to the lab’s world-class research and development facilities and expertise, a press release said.

“Explore ORNL is an outreach event that provides companies both large and small with a unique opportunity to learn about collaboration possibilities,” said Tom Rogers, ORNL’s director of Industrial Partnerships and Economic Development.

Representatives from companies such as Boeing, Cummins, Local Motors, Ten-Tec, Dresser-Rand, and Eagle Bend Manufacturing will speak about their experiences in working with ORNL experts to overcome technical challenges and develop new products. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: 3-D printing, automotive industry, Boeing, Brookings Institution, composites manufacturing, Cummins, Dresser-Rand, Eagle Bend Manufacturing, Explore ORNL, high-performance computing, Industrial Partnerships and Economic Development, industry voucher, Jamie Stitt, Kim Kethcum, Local Motors, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, Mark Muro, material characterization, neutron imaging, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, research and development, researchers, ReVV!, sensors, Spallation Neutron Source, Ten-Tec, Tennessee, Tennessee Automotive Manufacturers Association, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Tom Rogers, transportation technologies

ORNL physicist to discuss sensors, detection technologies

Posted at 10:27 am October 1, 2013
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Bruce Warmack

Bruce Warmack

A physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will discuss sensors and detection technologies, such as those used in smoke alarms, at a Friends of ORNL meeting on Tuesday.

The talk by Bruce Warmack of the ORNL Measurement Science and Systems Engineering Division is titled “Making machines sense our world.”

The meeting is open to the public, and it starts at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the University of Tennessee Resource Center at 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, Top Stories Tagged With: Bruce Warmack, detection technologies, Friends of ORNL, Making machines sense our world, Measurement Science and Systems Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, physicist, sensors, Smart Smoke Alarm, smoke alarms, University of Tennessee Resource Center

Guest column: Y-12 wants to have best security in nation’s nuclear weapons enterprise

Posted at 9:34 am August 8, 2013
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Chuck Spencer

Chuck Spencer

Note: This is a copy of a message that B&W Y-12 President and General Manager Chuck Spencer sent to employees July 25 regarding the one-year anniversary of the July 28, 2012, security breach at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

General Manager’s Message: One-Year Anniversary of Security Event

One year ago this coming Sunday (July 28), three individuals trespassed at the Y-12 National Security Complex, damaged government property, and interfered with our ongoing national defense operations. While the security breach was unacceptable, the intruders did not come close to accessing any nuclear materials. Since that time, B&W Y-12 has worked closely with the National Nuclear Security Administration to make numerous changes in security and operations. I want to thank each and every one of you for your role in those improvements. I also want to highlight those improvements specifically and talk a little about our path forward. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Columns, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 Security Breach Tagged With: B&W Y-12, cameras, fence, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, nuclear weapons, operations, physical security, protective force, razor wire, safety, security, security breach, security police officers, sensors, Y-12 National Security Complex

Y-12 security update outlines improvements since July 28 intrusion

Posted at 12:50 pm June 11, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Y-12 Security Repairs Chart

Since three protesters broke in last summer, security cameras and sensors have been repaired and replaced. There are more security patrols at the Y-12 National Security Complex and more staff in the Central Alarm Station. And officials and workers are trying to reduce the false and nuisance alarm rate.

Those are among the improvements highlighted in a Y-12 security update published in May. It said Y-12 quickly began making changes after the July 28 security breach, when three anti-nuclear weapons activists broke into the plant before dawn, cut through three fences in the high-security Protected Area, and splashed human blood, spray-painted slogans, and hammered on the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility, where most of the nation’s bomb-grade uranium is stored.

“Y-12 has carefully examined the circumstances that led to the event, developed actions to fix the problems that were discovered, and is applying the lessons learned to our security posture and operations,” the security update said. “These actions included adding key leadership personnel, restoring to service critical security elements, and refining alarm system components to enhance reliability.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Top Stories, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 Security Breach Tagged With: anti-nuclear weapons activists, B&W Y-12, boundary fence, Central Alarm Station, critical security elements, CSE, false alarm, Force-on-Force, guards, HEUMF, intrusion, nuisance alarm, patrols, Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment System, PIDAS, protective force, protesters, Rod Johnson, security breach, security cameras, sensors, WEPAR, West End Protected Area Reduction, WSI Oak Ridge, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 security update

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