NUCLEAR OPERATIONS TO RESTART AT Y-12 TODAY

Nuclear operations will resume today at the Y-12 National Security Complex, two weeks after the National Nuclear Security Administration temporarily shut down work at the site in the wake of a July 28 security breach. The NNSA said that all personnel at the site have undergone additional security training to “ensure compliance with all site rules,” and protective force workers received additional tactical and security-related training since the security stand down began Aug. 1. “The authorization to resume operations was made possible through the completion of numerous improvements in security at Y-12 and completion of security training,” the NNSA said in a statement. Aside from the added security training, the site has undergone numerous changes since the security breach, including the removal of officials from management and operating contractor B&W Y-12 and protective force contractor WSI-Oak Ridge, the start of several investigations into the incident, the movement of WSI’s contract under B&W Y-12, and a “show cause” letter that threatens severing B&W Y-12’s contract.