SNS News Archive - 2001

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December

When the dust settles, what'll happen to Y12? (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 12/19)
. . . "The Oak Ridge community is currently enthralled with construction of the Spallation eutron Source and other good things at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and doesn't seem to care about Y-12." [Dr. Bill Bibb]

Spallation director's early success is surprising, but not unique (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 12/11)
Mason is only 37 years old, which doesn't even qualify as mid-career for a scientist, and yet he is director of the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source - one of the largest research ventures in t he world.

November

Audit contends scope of SNS reduced to stay on budget, on time (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 11/22)
Federal auditors released a report Wednesday criticizing management of the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source, saying the original scope of the science project was reduced in order to meet cost and schedule requirements.

SNS construction contracts totaling $100M up for bid (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 11/22)
With about $100 million in construction contracts coming up for bid on the Spallation Neutron Source, project officials are trying to get the best price possible, and that means drumming up bidders.

NEGATIVE NEUTRONS (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 11/21)
An inspector general's report on the Spallation Neutron Source has not been released yet, but it's already drawing criticism. [Bill] Madia hotly disputed the findings - based on a review of the draft report - and said IG auditors simply couldn't comprehend changes made in the SNS plans.

Wamp tours SNS site (Oak Ridger, 11/14)
Wamp helped secure $291.4 million for SNS this fiscal year, which is a $16.8 million increase over last year's level. See Photos

Business (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 11/12)
The best news, of course, is full funding ($291 million) for the Spallation Neutron Source - the lab's No. 1 priority - under construction on nearby Chestnut Ridge. . . Oak Ridge officials are anxiously awaiting an upcoming report on SNS from DOE's Inspector General.

Contracts awarded for SNS project (Oak Ridger, 11/12)
Three local firms were recently awarded contracts for electrical commodities in connection with the Spallation Neuton Source project: Stokes Electric Company of Knoxville, Jones & Lee Supply Company of Knoxville, and Edwards Supply Company of Oak Ridge

Funding for OR: $2.6 billion (Oak Ridger, 11/7)
Oak Ridge scored a post-Cold-War-era high this fiscal year with $2.6 billion in funding for Department of Energy projects, including a couple of significant research facilities. . . The Spallation Neutron Source received the full funding request for FY 2002 of $291 million -- a $16.8 million increase over last year's level.

Budget plan allots full SNS funds in '02 (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 11/1)
A U.S. SenateHouse conference report on Energy and Water appropriations virtually guarantees full funding for the Spallation Neutron Source in 2002 and supports several other key projects in Oak Ridge.

October

Cleanup funding increased (Oak Ridger, 10/31)
About $60 million has been added to the fiscal year 2002 budget to clean up Oak Ridge's Department of Energy facilities . . . Additionally, for FY 2002, Wamp said the Spallation Neutron Source will be fully funded at $291 million for FY2002.

Development board gaining larger role (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 10/30)
The Knoxville Industrial Development Board is being rejuvenated to help with city dedevelopment projects. . . One of six members is Samuel McKenzie, environmental safety and health officer with the Accelerated Systems Division of the Spallation Neutron Source project at Oak Ridge.

Business briefs: SNS contracts awarded (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 10/25)
Three local companies have received contracts to provide electrical commodities during construction of the Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge.

Business briefs: Rentenbach receives $13 million subcontract on SNS (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 10/19)
Rentenbach Constructors Inc. of Knoxville has received a $13 million subcontract for work on the Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge. The contract involves general construction of the project's front-end and linac tunnel and kystron accelerator building concrete, according to information from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Mexican lab gets ORNL's used parts (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 10/16)
"The United States has the Spallation Neutron Source (Oak Ridge's latest scientific attraction) pulling people to it. We don't have anything like that. We have old equipment, about 35 years old. It shows Mexico hasn't been able to do better, yet this is the best (nuclear science lab) in the whole country."

Engineer contracts for SNS awarded (Oak Ridger, 10/15)
Receiving the contracts were Alexander & Associates Inc., Pro2Serve and Theta Technologies, which are all based in Oak Ridge, and MK Technologies Inc. of Knoxville. Each agreement has the potential value of $500,000 and is effective through March 31, 2003, according to a press release from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Oak Ridge lab is truly a global community (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 10/10)
The $1.4 billion SNS is a wonderful example of Oak Ridge as a global drawing card. Once completed in 2006, the materials research complex will attract a couple of thousand scientific visitors annually, many of them from outside the United States.

Business Briefs: SNS job fair held today (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 10/03)
A construction work-force job fair for the Spallation Neutron Source is being held from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., today at the Anderson County Career and Technical Center, 2101 Andersonville Highway, Clinton. Representatives from the Knoxville Building and Construction Trades Council and other sponsors will be on hand to explain opportunities for employment at the SNS site.

Oak Ridge neutron lab to draw top scientists (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 10/2)
Today it is little more than trenches gouged into a red clay hill and a pile of dirt the size of Neyland Stadium. In five years the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source being constructed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be like a magnet, its builders say, drawing top scientists and engineers from around the world.

September

Spallation Neutron Source Job Fair Wednesday (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 09/30) There will be a job fair from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the Anderson County Career and Technical Center, Highway 61, where information about construction job opportunities with the Spallation Neutron Source project will be available.

Spallation Neutron Source job fair to be held next week (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 09/29)
A construction job fair for the Spallation Neutron Source will be held Oct. 3 in Clinton.

Oak Ridge facilities back to business, but security high(Knoxville News-Sentinel, 09/12)
Most activities were expected to resume today at the government's Oak Ridge facilities, including the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, but security will remain at a heightened level. [This article does not specifically mention SNS.]

Ominous financial forecast painted for Oak Ridge (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 09/09)
Despite fiscal pressures, Steve Jenkins, assistant city manager of administrative services, says there are some bright spots for the Oak Ridge budget. He said the opening of a Home Depot, the expansion of the local Wal-Mart and the construction of the Spallation Neutron Source research facility near Oak Ridge National Laboratory are encouraging developments.

August

Dick Smyser: An invite to kibitz ORNL's $200 (Oak Ridger, 08/28)
Referring to ORNL 'revitalization,' according to Tim Myrick negotiations are already underway for transfer of the land on which the state will build the new facilities to which it is committed. Chief among these is an adjunct building to accommodate visiting researchers at the Spallation Neutron Source now under construction atop Chestnut Ridge to the north of the main ORNL area and a giant construction project separate from the "revitalization."

Business Briefs: SNS cooling tower contractor decided (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 08/23)
CMC Construction Co. of Oak Ridge has been awarded a $2.2 million contract to design and build two cooling towers for the Spallation Neutron Source.

CMC Construction wins $2.2M contract for SNS cooling towers (Oak Ridger, 08/22)
A $2.2 million contract has been awarded to an Oak Ridge company to design and build two multicell cooling towers for the Spallation Neutron Source project. The contract was awarded to CMC Construction Co. Inc., officials said. Construction management for the project is performed by Knight/Jacobs Joint Venture

Lab keeping a key ingredient: Madia happily embraces role in ORNL's ambitious future (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 08/19)
UT-Battelle's ambitious plans for modernizing the aging research complex in Oak Ridge have been popularly received, and the federal contractor has gotten a lot of credit for sustaining progress on the Spallation Neutron Source - the $1.4 billion project that's on schedule and within budget.

Business briefs: Trane receives contract for chillers (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 08/16)
Trane Co. of Knoxville has received a $964,299 contract to provide chillers for the Spallation Neutron Source.

Knoxville company to keep SNS 'cool' (Oak Ridger, 08/16)
A $964,299 contract has been awarded to a Knoxville company to provide comfort cooling for laboratory areas, office areas and equipment rooms for the entire Spallation Neutron Source site. Trane Co. of Knoxville will provide two 1,200-ton chillers and one 500-ton chiller with options available for two additional 1,200-ton chillers for the SNS project.

SNS KUDOS: (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 08/15)
The news continues to be good for the Spallation Neutron Source, the $1.4 billion science research facility under construction near Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The latest review from the so-called Lehman Committee (named after its chairman Dan Lehman) suggested everything was pretty much shipshape.

July

SNS' Target Building substructure contract let (Oak Ridger, 07/30)
A $9.9 million contract has been awarded to install more than 25,000 cubic yards of reinforced concrete foundations and slabs for a facility that's part of the Spallation Neutron Source project. CMC Construction Co. Inc. of Oak Ridge is scheduled to begin working on the foundation for the Target Building on Aug. 1, and the job is expected to be completed in 14 months, officials said.

SNS officials to speak to ETEBA (Oak Ridger, 07/18)
The East Tennessee Environmental Business Association will hold its bimonthly membership meeting on Thursday, July 26, at the Garden Plaza Hotel. Barry Miller, procurement director for the Spallation Neutron Source, Joel Pearman, SNS compliance manager, and Al Ekkebus, user agreements manager, will discuss business opportunities that will be available after the SNS is in operation.

Magid shares goals of Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences (Oak Ridger, 07/17)
Lee Magid's face lit up with smiles as she talked aboutthe Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences ... She was recently named acting director for the proposed institute, which will give scientists access to Oak Ridge neutron research facilities, particularly the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor.

June

House OKs funding for SNS, Mouse House, Y-12 (Oak Ridger, 06/29)
Around $2.5 billion for federal projects in Oak Ridge was approved on Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives. The funding includes $291 million for the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron project.

$2.5 billion for Oak Ridge OK'd by House (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 06/29)
The House Thursday approved full funding requests for several East Tennessee energy and water projects, including $291 million for continuing construction of the Spallation Neutron Source research project at Oak Ridge.

Appropriations Committee OKs funding for local DOE projects (Oak Ridger, 06/27)
U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-3rd District, confirmed this morning that the House Appropriations Committee has approved the 2002 energy and water appropriations bill, which includes money for DOE. As far as Oak Ridge is concerned, the bill contains this year's full funding requests for the Spallation Neutron Source project and a new Mouse House.

SNS on track for full funding (Oak Ridger, 06/20)
If the preview is any indication, the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2002 budget could be a blockbuster for Oak Ridge. Fresh from an Energy and Water Subcommittee meeting Tuesday evening, U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-3rd District, said the budget should include full funding for the Spallation Neutron Source project and the new Mouse House. The congressman also said the future looks bright for funds earmarked to do cleanup work.

From deadlines to definitions: Reactor restart eyed for fall; what is 'spallation'? (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 06/18) The Spallation Neutron Source, as its name implies, will be a source of neutrons for research experiments, but it's that first word -- "spallation" -- that drives many folks crazy and turns off some of the otherwise curious.

DOE secretary to visit (Oak Ridger, 06/15)
Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham will visit Oak Ridge Monday. His tour will include Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Y-12 National Security Complex, the Spallation Neutron Source construction site and East Tennessee Technology Park at the Oak Ridge K-25 site.

Setting SNS in 'stone' (Oak Ridger, 06/14) Things started to get "set in stone" Wednesday morning at the Spallation Neutron Source site as workers began pouring concrete.

Oak Ridge laboratory could get facility for nanoscience (Oak Ridger, 06/14)
The Spallation Neutron Source could be getting a neighbor. A proposal from Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a new nanoscience facility was one of three recently selected by the Department of Energy. The other two proposals were from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a partnership between the Sandia and Los Alamos laboratories.

May

[Science community watching SNS] (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 05/28)
The science community at large is keenly watching developments at the Spallation Neutron Source . . . It could have an impact on how future science projects are organized.

Cashing in on SNS: Entrepreneur sees opportunity in SNS (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 05/16)
If science is sexy, that's just fine with Troy Whiteside. "I hope science becomes big-time, like rap music and the whole entertainment business," said Whiteside, whose Knoxville company is marketing shirts, caps and a whole line of other products with the logo of the Spallation Neutron Source.

Impact of Spallation Neutron Source begins to take shape (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 05/14)
As construction progresses atop Chestnut Ridge on the government's Oak Ridge reservation, one can begin to visualize what the Spallation Neutron Source will look like a few years from now and better appreciate the impact of this new research complex.

SNS job fair Thursday (Oak Ridger, 05/09)
A construction workforce job fair for the Spallation Neutron Source is scheduled for Thursday. The event will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Knoxville Area Career Center, 3929 Western Ave.

Mason: All's well with SNS (Oak Ridger, 05/09)
Thom Mason, director of the SNS, provided an update on the project Tuesday afternoon as he accompanied media representatives on a tour of the SNS site.The SNS leader said the $1.4 billion SNS is now 22 percent complete, adding that work is on schedule and the project is making the transition from design to execution.

Spallation Neutron Source now 22% complete (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 05/09)
The $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source, one of the biggest projects in Oak Ridge history, is now 22 percent complete, and construction of facilities should take shape rapidly over the next couple of years, the SNS chief said Tuesday.

April

SNS contract awarded (Oak Ridger, 04/30) A $2.2 million contract has been awarded to a Knoxville company to build concrete structures for two buildings associated with the Spallation Neutron Source.

Bringing private sector into ORNL development gets positive reaction (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 04/30)
The Spallation Neutron Source (under construction on nearby Chestnut Ridge) is expected to have an auditorium with about 350 seats. That's downscaled from an earlier plan for a 600-seat showplace, but it still should be large enough to accommodate major scientific meetings.

SIDEBAR: Getting every last detail (Laboratory Network.com, 4/27)
By enabling Georgia Tech researchers to investigatethe structure and behavior of materials in astonishing new detail, the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) under construction at Oak Ridge, Tenn., holds the potential to do for science and engineering what the Hubble Space Telescope has done to advance astronomy.

Spallation Neutron Source, Chickamauga locks get positive news (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 04/12)
While President Bush's budget proposal this week brought a mixed bag for the state, East Tennessee appeared to have fared better thanother areas of the Volunteer State. The biggest funding went to the Spallation Neutron Source for Oak Ridge -- $291.4 million to keep construction of the project on schedule.

Bush budget fully funds SNS at ORNL (Oak Ridger, 04/10)
A fiscal year 2002 budget request of $19.2 billion for the Department of Energy and a review of the agency's environmental management programs were both announced by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham on Monday . . . the proposed budget does include full funding -- $291.4 million -- for the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. .

Budget fully funds Spallation Neutron Source (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 04/10)
President Bush's fiscal 2002 budget recommends full funding -- $291.4 million -- to keep construction of the Spallation Neutron Source on schedule and supports modernization of the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant.

Universities spin out big idea for subatomic particles of SNS (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 04/09)
The Oak Ridge Laboratory for Neutrino Detectors -- also known as ORLaND -- is being proposed as a scientific sidekick in order to take advantage of the subatomic particles created during the neutron frenzy on Chestnut Ridge. The cost: about $64 million The Oak Ridge Laboratory for Neutrino Detectors -- also known as ORLaND -- is being proposed as a scientific sidekick in order to take advantage of the subatomic particles created during the neutron frenzy on Chestnut Ridge. The cost: about $64 million .

March

SNS funding sweetens UT-Battelle's first year (Oak Ridger, 03/30)
"Getting full funding for the SNS, that was the single biggest first-year test of UT-Battelle," Madia said. Congress appropriated $278 million for the current fiscal year to begin construction of the $1.4 billion SNS project.

2001 Several officials critique UT-Battelle's performance (Oak Ridger, 03/30)
Ron Townsend, president of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and Parker Hardy, president of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, joined Wamp is praising UT-Battelle for gaining full funding this fiscal year for the Spallation Neutron Source project and all the company's work on the proposed $200 million modernization of ORNL.

Our View: Wamp: Physical and life sciences advance as one (Oak Ridger, 03/13)
The struggle between the physical and life sciences, Rep. Wamp argues, is an unnecessary one. The life and physical sciences, he says, rise or fall together, and one cannot long prosper at the expense of the other.

Wamp confident about continued strong funding (Oak Ridger, 03/12)
U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-3rd District, is forecasting some winners and losers will come out of President Bush's call to slow the growth in federal spending. . . [but] the hree-term GOP congressman remains confident about continued strong funding for such important Oak Ridge projects as the Mouse House, Y-12 National Security Complex reindustrialization and the Spallation Neutron Source.

Other's View: Beyond Oak Ridge, region has stake in success of SNS (Oak Ridger, 03/05)
The Spallation Neutron Source is well under way, with $278 million funding in this fiscal year. Chattanooga has to catch up with its neighbor's accelerator, and we will have to do our part.

February

Sundquist makes case for funds to finish Spallation project (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 02/28)
Gov. Don Sundquist met Tuesday with Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to stress the top needs of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, but Abraham gave no hints about how President Bush's upcoming budget proposals affect the East Tennessee landmark.

Great opportunity for Mason and ORNL (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 02/28)
By Frank Munger: I think it was a good decision to name Thom Mason as leader of the Spallation Neutron Source. Mason is a neutron scientist, and if the SNS becomes a world-class reality, there's every reason to believe he'll remain at the helm for many years to come.

Lab workers formulating their feelings about face-lift (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 02/26)
Bill Madia, the director of ORNL, said the Spallation Neutron Source is in good financial health, despite persistent reports to the contrary.

2001 Our View: Mr. Mason's SNS appointment: good pick, good timing (Oak Ridger, 02/23)
The announcement this week that Thomas Mason will succeed David Moncton as the new head overseeing the Spallation Neutron Source project is commendable on the basis of Mr. Mason's credentials and because of the speed with which the decision was made.

Mason is ready for 'big job' with SNS (Oak Ridger, 02/23)
Mason is no stranger to the $1.4 billion SNS project. He has worked for the SNS project since 1998 as director of the project's Experimental Facilities Division. His responsibilities include management of more than $250 million of the project's technical components, research development and pre-operation portions as well as planning for approximately $150 million of the project's conventional facilities.

Mason to direct Spallation Neutron Source: ORNL chief lauds 36-year-old scientist (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 02/23)
Dr. Thom Mason has been chosen to direct the Spallation Neutron Source, the $1.4 billion science project under construction in Oak Ridge. Dr. Bill Madia, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, made the announcement Thursday and raved about Mason's scientific credentials and his experience with the SNS project. "He's the right guy to do the job," Madia said.

Mason named director of SNS (Oak Ridger, 02/22)
The search is over. Thomas Mason has been named the new leader for the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source project, according to Bill Madia, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Mason's appointment ends an eight-week search to replace David Moncton, who in January announced he was stepping down from his SNS duties

Mason Named Director of Spallation Neutron Source Project (ORNL Media Release, 02/22)
Dr. Thom Mason has been named to lead the construction of the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Mason's selection was announced today by Bill Madia, Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Popularity, position of Wamp on rise (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 02/19)
Wamp was a popular man at a morning coffee-fest staged in his honor at the Oak Ridge headquarters for one of the congressman's favorite projects -- the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source.  Wamp's new position puts him in a better position to assist not only the SNS but other federal projects in Oak Ridge that will need all the help they can get in the next few years.

Wamp gets seat on House energy, water subcommittee (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 02/18)
U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn. is getting a seat on the House Appropriations Committee's powerful energy and water subcommittee. Most funding for U.S. Department of Energy programs passes through the Appropriations subcommittee, and Oak Ridge has a number of high-dollar projects in the works -- including the $1.4billion Spallation Neutron Source and proposed modernization efforts at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 nuclear weapons plants.

SNS director expected to be named by March ( Oak Ridger, 02/12) The search for a new executive director for the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source project continues with the list of potential candidates being narrowed and then expanded. Bill Madia, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, this morning described the search as a difficult process.

Four in running to head Spallation Neutron Source (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 02/10)
Four distinguished scientists have been identified as leading candidates to head the Spallation Neutron Source, the $1.4 billion research complex under construction in Oak Ridge.

January

Spallation Neutron Source will make Oak Ridge a scientific mecca (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 01/28)
Spallation Neutron Source is the biggest science project currently under construction in the United States, and it's the biggest thing to happen in Oak Ridge in decades. The $1.4 billion research center won't become operational until sometime in 2006, but it's already attracted the attention of scientists worldwide.

Changes to occur at SNS  (Oak Ridger, 01/24)
Bill Madia, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, says the SNS will soon be integrated back into the lab . . .Currently, the head of the Spallation Neutron Source project reports to Madia in his role as chief executive officer of UT-Battelle, which manages the lab for the Department of Energy. But when the integration occurs, the SNS executive director will report to Madia as the lab director.

Moncton put SNS on a path to succeed (Knoxville News- Sentinel, 01/22)
The search is already on, and Madia, in a statement issued by the Oak Ridge lab, said he hopes to name the new SNS executive director by the first of March.

Our Views: A community's clear gratitude to David Moncton at SNS (Oak Ridger, 01/22)
We thank Mr. Moncton and wish him well upon his return to Illinois, and wish ORNL officials the best in their search for a successor.

SNS director decides to leave OR (Oak Ridger, 01/18)
David Moncton's decision to step down as executive director of the Spallation Neutron Source should not affect the future of the project, according to Bill Madia, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. "David will be a large loss to the project," said Madia. "But the project is in exceptionally good shape."

SNS executive director going to Argonne (Knoxville News- Sentinel, 01/18)
Dr. David Moncton, executive director of the Spallation Neutron Source, said he was given a choice -- Oak Ridge or Chicago -- and he chose the latter. Thus, he will leave the $1.4 billion science project under construction in Oak Ridge and return to Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.

SNS director to return to Argonne   (ORNL Media Release, 01/17)
After completing two years as executive director of the Spallation Neutron Source project, David Moncton is returning to Argonne National Laboratory.

Moncton came to Oak Ridge in February 1999 with a mandate to prepare the $1.4 billion SNS project for construction.

Dr. Bill Madia, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, said the scientific community owes Moncton a debt of gratitude for his leadership and vision. "David made a two-year commitment to help us position the SNS project for long term success. In those two years he has made remarkable progress, assembling a strong management team, establishing a technical baseline for the project, and guiding a partnership among six national laboratories that contributed greatly to the project's success," Madia said.

3rd District Representative Zach Wamp visited the Spallation Neutron Source site on January 10, 2001

Moncton Leaving SNS (Oak Ridger, 01/17)
After completing two years as executive director of the Spallation Neutron Source project, David Moncton is returning to Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago.

Wamp to visit SNS site (Oak Ridger, 01/09) U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-3rd District, will tour the Spallation Neutron Source construction site at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, and he will speak at the American Museum of Science and Energy at 10:30 a.m.

New year's uncertainty arrives in Oak Ridge (Knoxville News-Sentinel, 01/03)
The year 2000 . . . was a bountiful one for Oak Ridge -- so much so that U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., issued a series of best-of-times press releases late in the year, crowing about record budgets for the federal operations and mighty progress on Oak Ridge projects such as the Spallation Neutron Source.