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(Knoxville News Sentinel) The Dept. of Energy's Oak Ridge office today announced that the first shipment of U-233 to Nevada had been completed, signaling the start of a years-long effort to empty the fissile material stored at a World War II-era facility at ORNL. According to DOE, the six canisters contained small Zero Power Reactor plates that will be used in future tests at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center at the Nevada National Security Site...1/5 |
(WSJ Market Watch) Cray Inc. cuts its 2011 guidance as unexpected supply issues resulted in delays completing the acceptance process on a key project during the fourth quarter, though the company expects the change in timing to help its performance in the current year...The contract at issue is for the upgrade of a system at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory...1/5
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DOE
(Knoxville News Sentinel) I posted earlier about a letter/staff report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board that identified weaknesses in the work planning at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant...1/5
State & Regional
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The Haslam administration has launched a coordinated fight against drug abuse, gangs and violent crime in Tennessee.
The plan produced by representatives of 11 state agencies was announced Thursday in Nashville. It intends to reduce drug abuse and trafficking, lower violent crime and cut the rate of repeat offenders...1/5
(Tennessean) Although single-family home construction has dropped dramatically since the economic downturn, fresh momentum is slowly picking up in some corners of Middle Tennessee. New home building over the past 12 months in a number of Nashville’s suburban counties has improved from 2010, with the best improvement in Williamson County...1/6 |
National
(Reuters) President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Thursday that would expand the U.S. military presence in Asia but shrink the overall size of the force as the Pentagon seeks to reduce spending by nearly half a trillion dollars after a decade of war...1/6
(Wall Street Journal) U.S. stock futures were mixed early Friday, with investors awaiting the release of December nonfarm payrolls and other jobs data for clues to the strength of the economic recovery.
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 11 points to 12320. S&P 500 Index futures fell 1.50 points to 1271.50, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 2 points to 2341.50...1/6
East Tennessee
(UPI) Police refused to provide specifics on a criminal investigation into allegations against fired University of Tennessee swimming Coach John Trembley.
Representatives of the Knoxville Police Department and the university met Thursday morning, the department said in a statement, WVLT-TV, Knoxville, reported.
"As a result of the meeting, KPD has launched a criminal investigation into the alleged activities of Mr. Trembley," the statement said.
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