News | Pantex Plant - Energy.gov
Nov 1, 2024 · NNSA Release: NNSA awards Pantex Management and Operating contract. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced today it has selected PanTeXas Deterrence, LLC for the Management and Operating (M&O) contract for the Pantex Plant located in Amarillo, Texas.
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Oct 11, 2024 · NNSA Release: NNSA launches Enterprise Blueprint, a 25-year roadmap to deliver essential infrastructure on time and at scale. Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 10:30 am. Pantex’s awards more than $117,000 in 2024 Community Investment Grants. …
History | Pantex Plant - Energy.gov
History. The desperate need for munitions to fight World War II led to the creation of the Pantex Ordnance Plant, built on 16,000 acres of land east of Amarillo, Texas. Operations began on September 17, 1942, only nine months after the commencement of construction.
Pantex Blog | Pantex Plant - Energy.gov
Oct 25, 2024 · All Pantex employees can do their part to save the precious resource, one drop at a time. These changes are great steps forward to conserve water at the plant and move the facility closer to the DOE sustainability goal target of reducing water use intensity 50% by 2030 from the 2021 baseline.
About | Pantex Plant - Energy.gov
The Pantex Plant maintains its own water-treatment, sewage, and steam-generating plants. Five wind turbines, each over 400 feet tall, generate enough power to support more than 60 percent of the Pantex Plant’s annual energy.
NNSA Release: NNSA establishes new federal office for the Pantex …
Apr 2, 2024 · Pantex is a key facility in the U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise and is responsible for the final assembly, dismantlement and maintenance of nuclear weapons. CNS will continue to manage and operate both Y-12 and Pantex for NNSA until a …
Press Releases | Pantex Plant - Energy.gov
Pantex, Y-12 earn GreenBuy Gold Awards. Pantex, Y-12 earn eight Defense Programs awards. Bechtel-led CNS helps raise thousands for Pantex wildfire relief. NNSA Release: NNSA establishes new federal office for the Pantex Plant.
NNSA authorizes full-scale operations at the High Explosives …
May 17, 2019 · WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has authorized full-scale operations at the Pantex Plant’s High Explosives Pressing Facility (HEPF) in Amarillo, Texas, following extensive readiness reviews.
Pantex, Y-12 honored as leaders in sustainable electronics …
Sep 3, 2024 · Sites reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save energy, and money. Consolidated Nuclear Security’s Sustainability and Stewardship team was recently honored for their commitment to sustainable purchasing at Pantex Plant and the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Pantex High Explosive Pressing Facility operating at an all-time high
Sep 29, 2023 · AMARILLO, Texas - For more than 58 years, the Pantex Plant has manufactured high-explosive charges for every weapon in the nation’s nuclear stockpile. In all those years it had never pressed 1,000 parts in a single year, but Pantex exceeded that number in Fiscal Year 2023 to set a new record for the plant.