American Centrifuge

USEC and B&W, the Oak Ridge-based partners in manufacturing centrifuges for processing nuclear fuel, still await a federal loan guarantee, but have formed a new company. The KNS reports.

Y-12 applauded by Feds, decried by peace activists

[Updated] Federal inspectors gave the B&W Y-12 management team a rating of excellent in the latest assessment. The Uranium Processing Facility being built for the Babcock & Wilcox and Bechtel team is highlighted as a strategically important element in the organization's transformation to its evolving security mission. The KNS has it. Subsequently, KNS reported activists are criticizing Y-12 plans as a costly bomb plant.

Babcock & Wilcox public companies news

Oak Ridge NL-allied Babcock & Wilcox announced yesterday its parent will split into two public companies.

Oak Ridge centrifuge layoffs

With a federal loan guarantee nowhere in sight, layoffs now total about 163 workers at Oak Ridge's American Centrifuge Project. The KNS reports.