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Nuclear Modernization

Ice Storm, Power Outage at Pantex Delay Non-Essential Arrives Amid Production Upswing

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022

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Ice Storm, Power Outage at Pantex Delay Non-Essential Arrives Amid Production Upswing

As the nuclear-weapons production complex begins a shift into overdrive, non-essential personnel at the Pantex site were asked to delay their arrival starting with Monday’s graveyard shift after a late-season ice storm moved in over the Texas panhandle. Only a day after the spring equinox, the system dropped a wintery mix over Amarillo and the surrounding areas, prompting Pantex Plant operator consolidated nuclear security to delay the start of shifts for non-essentials by three hours, starting Monday night. The delay…

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