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	<description>The Y-12 National Security Complex is an integral part of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex focused on support of U.S. nuclear defense policies.</description>
	<copyright>Copyright 2007 BWXT Y-12, L.L.C.</copyright>
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	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:05:56 GMT</lastBuildDate>
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		<title>Y-12 Advanced Simulation and Computing program draws on power of high-performance computers to support stockpile readiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a world where underground testing of nuclear weapons is no longer conducted, the supercomputer is becoming the tool for understanding and evaluating the condition of <em>the</em> nation&#8217;s stockpile.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=88</link>
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		<title>B&W Y-12 starts new apprenticeship program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With what looks to be a resurgence of the nuclear power industry, particularly in the Tennessee Valley and across the Southeast, skilled craft workers are in short supply. There is strong competition for these workers.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=89</link>
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		<title>Y-12 researchers garner R&D 100 awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A research chemist and his revolutionary cloth invented to clean surfaces leaving no sticky residue, 
even down to the nanoscale, have captured a prestigious R&D 100 award, along with three other researchers at the Y&#8209;12 National Security Complex.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=87</link>
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		<title>Registration Deadline for Veterans Business Conference is July 29</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Registration deadline for the 2008 Veterans Business Conference is July&#160;29.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=86</link>
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		<title>New Hope Center at Y-12 Earns Energy Leadership Certification</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Hope Center at the Y&#8209;12 National Security Complex has been recognized as a <acronym title="Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design">LEED</acronym> Certified facility by the U.S. Green Building Council. Achieving LEED certification is a rigorous process that only a small percentage of the buildings in the country attain. Currently, there are only eight facilities currently in Tennessee that have LEED certification. Of those eight Tennessee facilities, five are located in Oak Ridge.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=85</link>
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		<title>B&W Y-12 Honors Small Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[B&W Y-12 honored several local small businesses at a Socioeconomic Program awards luncheon June 11. The awards recognize &#8220;stellar performance&#8221; by the small companies with which Y&#8209;12 does business and recognizes Y&#8209;12 employees who advocate working with small businesses.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=84</link>
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		<title>Y-12 Tours Part of Secret City Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oak Ridge&#8217;s Secret City Festival offers an opportunity for a glimpse behind the fence at the Y&#8209;12 National Security Complex, which played a key role World War II&#8217;s top-secret Manhattan Project.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=83</link>
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		<title>2008 Veterans Business Conference Set for August 5 in Oak Ridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Y-12 National Security Complex and The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services Procurement Technical Assistance Center (<acronym title="The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services Procurement Technical Assistance Center">UT CIS-PTAC</acronym>) join with a host of East Tennessee agencies for the second annual East Tennessee Veterans Business Conference. The theme of this conference is &#8220;Increasing Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Businesses.&#8221;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=82</link>
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		<title>B&W Y-12 medical director receives fellowship in occupational and environmental medical society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[B&W Y&#8209;12&#8217;s Occupational Health Services Director Dr. Otis Cosby was elevated to fellowship in the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (<acronym title="American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine">ACOEM</acronym>) at the college&#8217;s annual meeting in April.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=81</link>
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		<title>Y-12 Construction Marks Two Million Hours Without a Lost-Time Accident</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The B&W Y-12 Direct-Hire Construction team has worked two million hours, covering a four-year period without a lost-time injury. That&#8217;s the equivalent of 1,000 people working four years without a lost-time accident. The Construction team&#8217;s last lost workday was in April 2004.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=80</link>
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		<title>Research doors open for B&W Y-12, ORAU with MOU signing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[B&W Y&#8209;12, the contractor operating the Y-12 National Security Complex, and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, a consortium of 99 doctoral-granting institutions, signed a memorandum of understanding today that will allow the two institutions to engage in a number of collaborative research partnerships.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=79</link>
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		<title>B&W Y-12 Offers Voluntary Separation Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Energy has given B&W Y&#8209;12 permission to offer a Voluntary Separation Payment Program (<acronym title="Voluntary Separation Payment Program">VSPP</acronym>).]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<link>http://www.y12.doe.gov/news/release.php?id=78</link>
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