AMARILLO - A safety agency has recommended Pantex Plant improve operating and training procedures after Energy Department inspectors cited concerns about explosives safety at the nuclear weapons ...

Pantex and the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce announced on Tuesday that more than 4,600 people are now employed at Pantex making the plant the largest employer across the Texas Panhandle.

Pantex, which employs approximately 4,600 people, has supported HPFB for decades, including an annual $10,000 donation to the “Together We Can” food drive each December.

A major fire has consumed more than 90,000 acres and is burning out of control northwest of Amarillo, Texas. The fire is also a short distance from the Department of Energy’s infamous Pantex Plant.

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Pantex announced the completion of the last production unit modification of B61-12. According to Pantex the B61 nuclear weapon has been in service since 1968 and ...

At Pantex, workers periodically inventory plutonium storage containers in Zone 4, a heavily guarded bunker complex where tons of plutonium pits, the cores of nuclear weapons, are stored.

The Pantex Plant is working on modernization changes to its facilities as a part of its mission to adapt and deliver a modern, agile, and responsive asset for the nation. On Tuesday, the plant ...

Operations at the Pantex nuclear weapons plant have been paused until further notice Tuesday evening as nuclear security officials monitor wildfires near the facility northeast of Amarillo. 8:20pm ...

A general view shows the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas. The plant was briefly shut down during the early part of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 27.

Bob Roth, president of the Amarillo Railroad Museum, said Pantex planned to rip up some railroad tracks and museum officials inquired about several cars that stood idle on the southwest corner of ...

A 2021 review by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board of the Pantex plant’s operations found that an increasing number of plutonium pits are stored in unsealed containers. These pits are either ...

The Pantex Plant in Texas has been readying to receive defense plutonium from South Carolina since at least Feb. 15, according to independent oversight documents and related comments from the ...