Many of them use U.S. 84-285, via St. Francis Drive and Guadalupe Street to travel to and from work. The Lab allows managers to use flex-time scheduling, but employees should plan on delays and adjust their schedules accordingly. When operational, the facility will be able to supply many medical isotopes year-round to research and medical institutions nationwide. He received briefings on the Lab's Accelerator Transmutation of Waste activities, Plutonium-238 work, space nuclear power program and other programs as well. Two Lab employees will be recognized at Nuclear Pioneers Day Laboratory employee John Taschner and consultant Bill Crismon are among those who will be recognized at the second Nuclear Pioneers Day today and Friday at the National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque.
Broken arrow is the military term for an accident that involves a nuclear weapon.
At Nuclear Pioneers Day, the public can talk to members of the DOE Accident Response Group who have responded to some of the 32 recorded accidents. There also will be a temporary exhibit of objects related to the nuclear weapon accident in Albuquerque in 1957 and an Accident Response Group re-enactment. Members of the group also will describe the extensive training exercises they are required to complete. He currently is involved with radiological emergency response activities, including nuclear weapon accidents. Taschner participated in the 1968 Thule Air Base broken arrow in Greenland and also has participated in several nuclear weapons accident exercises.