Press Releases

On behalf of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, responsible for the management and operations of the Pantex Plant, the Amarillo Area Foundation (AAF) announces a Request for Proposals (RFP). The Advisory Committee for the CNS Pantex Community Investment Fund, a component fund of the Amarillo Area Foundation, will entertain proposals from nonprofit and charitable institutions throughout the twenty-six northernmost counties in the Texas Panhandle (individuals and non-charitable organizations are not eligible).

For more information, see the full AAF press release.

Like other regions of Texas, the Amarillo area and Pantex Plant endured unprecedented winter weather Feb. 13-18, with record low temperatures impacting the site. Pantex responded quickly to the dangerous conditions by cancelling work shifts, reducing energy consumption, and evaluating freezing temperature-related damage to facilities.

In line with Gov. Abbott’s disaster declaration, President Biden’s federal emergency declaration for severe winter weather, and a request by utility providers, Pantex took steps to reduce temperatures in buildings and implement other measures to decrease energy use, maintain utilities, and conduct essential activities.

Read full press release on the NNSA website.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) will host a virtual job fair for the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) Wednesday, March 31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EDT). The NSE will hire over 3,000 new employees to join its robust and diverse workforce in 2021 to continue building the next generation of nuclear security professionals.

Read full press release on the NNSA website.

Registration for the event is now open

WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) will be hosting a virtual hiring event Wednesday, March 31, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, although candidates will have the opportunity to register and submit resumes up until the day of the event.

Read full press release on the NNSA website.

Introduce a Girl to Engineering event with guest speakers and students

AMARILLO, Texas – According to Pew Researchers, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) graduates earn approximately 24% more than their counterparts in non-STEM fields. Overall, among adults with a STEM college major, women are more likely than men to work in a STEM occupation (56% vs. 49%) such as nursing or pharmacy, but 38% of women and 53% of men with a college major in computers or computer science are employed in a computer occupation. And women with a college degree in engineering are less likely than men who majored in these fields to be working in an engineering job (24% vs. 30%).

For the last few years, Pantex has backed the Introduce a Girl to Engineering (IGTE) project, in an effort to increase the number of young women entering the STEM field. Often times, these successful candidates become part of the Pantex family as we are continually searching for talented professionals to join us in our on-going mission of securing the nation.

We are excited about STEM efforts and young women at Region 16, AISD, West Texas A&M, and Texas Tech Universities. These educational institutes are also dedicated to present STEM opportunities and unveil the potential these careers hold for students. Pantex, managed by Consolidated Nuclear Security, and these organizations have joined forces with their efforts and are presenting new and vital information with this IGTE conference today.

Due to COVID-19 and social distancing restrictions, we are not able to host our annual event with dozens of students seeing STEM demonstrations and meeting with Pantex employees to discuss their potential futures.

Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC operates the Pantex Plant, located in Amarillo, Texas, and the Y-12 National Security Complex, located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, under a single contract for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration. CNS member companies include Bechtel National, Inc.; Leidos, Inc.; ATK Launch Systems, Inc.; and SOC LLC. Pantex and Y-12 are key facilities in the U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise, and CNS performs its work with a focus on performance excellence and the imperatives of safety, security, zero defects and delivery as promised.

For more information on each site, visit www.pantex.energy.gov or www.y12.doe.gov. Follow Pantex on Facebook, X or LinkedIn. Follow Y-12 on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn.

CONTACT
Steve Myers
Communications
Office (806) 573.0490
Stephen.Myers@pantex.doe.gov

Takeira “TK” Benoit, spent her childhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana finding out how things worked by her father’s side. For as long as she can remember, she loved math, science, and trying to understand the world around her. Now, she is a nuclear safety engineer with NNSA who helps to ensure the safe design, construction, and operation of both nuclear and non-nuclear facilities. This week she is speaking at the Black History Month celebration at West Texas A&M.

TK credits her parents’ commitment and sacrifice to education, her experience at Southern University and A&M College, a Historically Black College (HBCU), and the innumerous concealed contributions of the trailblazers who came before her, for playing a role in her success as a Black female engineer.

Read full press release on the NNSA website.

Last October, Gabriel “Gabe” Pugh joined the NNSA Production Office (NPO) as the Deputy Manager at the Pantex Plant in Texas. With almost 30 years of experience with the Department of Energy (DOE) in the areas of Nuclear Facility Safety, Nuclear Explosive Operations Safety, and Nuclear Weapon Program Management, Pugh recently served as the Deputy Manager of Business, Security, and Missions for the NNSA’s Los Alamos Field Office in New Mexico.

Pugh’s introduction to DOE came early, courtesy of a scholarship that ignited a passion and shaped his career. “When I first came to DOE, I was right out of high school,” he said. “DOE offered me a scholarship in engineering and, as part of the program, I was able to work with safety engineers and watch as many of them in their career progression became nuclear weapon program engineers. These engineers are highly sought out and so early on, as a kid, I knew I wanted to do that someday.”

Read full press release on the NNSA website.

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration is announcing today that it is extending the comment period for public scoping of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program, which proposes to dilute and dispose of 34 metric tons of surplus plutonium using capabilities at multiple sites across the Nation.

Read full press release on the NNSA website.

Pantex Plant’s Emergency Management Department will conduct an emergency exercise on February 10. During this exercise, people in the vicinity of Pantex may observe emergency personnel simulating response activities as part of the exercise.

Emergency exercises test the ability of emergency personnel to respond quickly and effectively to emergency situations, and ensure the public, Pantex employees and the environment would be protected in the event of an actual emergency.

Again, you may observe response personnel simulating response activities as part of the exercise, If you observe suspicious activity before February 9 or after February 11, please report your observations to 477-5000.

On Jan. 14, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced FY 2020 Performance Evaluation Summaries (PES) on the effectiveness of its Managing and Operating (M&O) partners in meeting the performance expectations established in their annual Performance Evaluation and Measurement Plans (PEMPs).

Read full press release on the NNSA website.