The past few years have seen an increase in the number of workers at a Panhandle nuclear weapons plant who have been compensated and given medical care for conditions caused by exposure to plant hazards. Those hazards include chemicals in …
Experts have recommended improving operating and training procedures after inspectors raised concerns about explosives safety at the nation’s only nuclear weapons assembly and dismantling plant. A letter to Pantex from the U.S. Department of Energy cites six incidents since August …
Pantex, the country’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant, has completed main construction on a $35 million project that is designed to improve fire protection at the facility. The new construction comes after the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board …