[CPEO-MEF] Oak Ridge (TN) Y-12 uranium spill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Two Y-12 uranium leaks probed
No workers were contaminated; suspect tank being monitored

By FRANK MUNGER
Knoxville News Sentinel (TN)
March 9, 2007

OAK RIDGE - Two spills of an enriched uranium solution forced the 
shutdown of a uranium-recycling process at the Y-12 nuclear weapons 
plant, a plant spokesman confirmed Thursday.
Bill Wilburn said the secondary-extraction process would remain on 
"administrative hold" until plant officials can fully determine why the 
solution leaked from a storage tank inside a Y-12 building.

Secondary extraction is one of six chemical processes that Y-12 uses to 
recycle highly enriched uranium, a key material in nuclear warheads.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5405018,00.html

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