Oak Ridge | Department of Energy
Oak Ridge. The Oak Ridge Site, located in eastern Tennessee, is one of the three original sites in the Manhattan Project. The K-25 and Y-12 plants were built to explore different methods to enrich …
Defense funding bill includes nearly $1 billion for Y-12 | wbir
Of the $19 billion that would go to the NNSA for weapons activities, $760 million would go toward the completion of Y-12's new Uranium Processing Facility. The modernized facility will replace ...
Highlights of Y-12's History | Y-12 National Security Complex
1940s. An era of intense activity that included construction of Y‑12, completion of its World War II mission of separating the uranium 235 for Little Boy — the first atomic bomb ever …
Energy Department approves construction of $6.5B uranium processing
The U.S. Department of Energy has authorized construction to move forward on the three primary buildings of a $6.5 billion uranium processing facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak ...
Fire contained at Tennessee uranium processing facility, …
A new uranium processing facility slated for completion by the end of 2025 would allow the National Nuclear Security Administration to stop certain operations in building 9212, which a U.S ...
Y-12 National Security Complex
From top: A radiochemist; sunrise over the Uranium Processing Facility; Chief Scientist Jenn Charlton; rebar installation at the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility. In addition to Y-12 supplying fuel for Oak Ridge's high-flux isotope reactor, which creates medical-grade isotopes for cancer treatments, the two facilities also ...
Conventional Uranium Mills | NRC.gov
Finally, the yellowcake is transported to a uranium conversion facility, where it is processed through the stages of the nuclear fuel cycle to produce fuel for use in nuclear power reactors. Conventional mills are typically located in areas of low population density, and they process ore from mines within a geographic radius of approximately ...
Y-12 National Security Complex
Y-12 is a national security site in Tennessee that produces, stores, and handles enriched uranium for nuclear weapons and naval reactors. Learn about its history, mission, collaboration, and …
Y-12 National Security Complex / Oak Ridge National Laboratory …
The Y-12 National Security Complex is a manufacturing facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. For six decades, Y-12 has been a national center for handling, processing, and storing highly enriched uranium.
National Defense Act funds Y-12 uranium processing in Oak …
In the House and Senate versions of the bill, representatives authorized $760 million for Y-12's under-construction Uranium Processing Facility, the largest annual sum since the project was ...
NNSA's Uranium Processing Facility Project …
The UPF Project is a vital part of modernizing nuclear infrastructure to meet national security needs. It has reached a milestone with all buildings being fully enclosed, allowing uninterrupted equipment …
Uranium Processing Facility Will Be Eight Months Late, …
Bechtel National, under contract to the Bechtel-led site prime Consolidated Nuclear Security, has been building the current incarnation of the Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., since 2018, following years of design revisions to fit the next-generation plant into a budget that would pass ...
"Managing Uncertainty" Uranium Dale Christenson …
Build UPF to replace Building 9212 enriched uranium capabilities. Cost range of $4.2B to $6.5B using a build to budget acquisition strategy. Revised design approach in April 2014. Moved from single facility to multiple facilities. No change in top end of cost range at $6.5B. Recovered process design, restarted facility at conceptual design.
Oak Ridge Launches U-233 Processing Campaign, Achieving …
Oak Ridge contractor Isotek conducted numerous upgrades at Building 2026 to prepare the facility for uranium (U)-233 processing operations. Workers are pictured installing new equipment essential to the downblending process, which is now underway. The downblending process converts the U-233 material into a form safe for …
DOE plans to demolish world's oldest operating nuclear facility
That allows the uranium processing operations to begin a year ahead of schedule and saves about $90 million through direct private funding and reduced costs as the material is removed from storage ...
Uranium processing | Mining, Refining & Enrichment
uranium. uranium processing, preparation of the ore for use in various products. Uranium (U), although very dense (19.1 grams per cubic centimetre), is a relatively weak, nonrefractory metal. Indeed, the metallic properties of uranium appear to be intermediate between those of silver and other true metals and those of the nonmetallic elements ...
USA's uranium processing facility achieves site readiness
17 March 2015. The Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) project in Tennessee has celebrated its first major milestone with the completion of site readiness work, the …
UPF construction | Department of Energy
15/18. In May 2018, construction teams finish placing concrete for the Mechanical Electrical Building of the Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The UPF, which will be used for enriched uranium operations related to nuclear security, is scheduled to be completed by 2025.
Uranium Processing Facility, Oak Ridge, Tennessee | Bechtel
Bechtel is building a modern uranium processing facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee to support America's nuclear weapons stockpile and defense. …
ICYMI: Knoxville News Sentinel: Y-12's Key Uranium Processing Facility
Now, the Uranium Processing Facility is 65% complete and nearly all of its equipment has been delivered, Wyatt said. Wyatt said federal funding is critical to Y-12's mission and that the defense legislation sets the spending ceiling for projects like the Uranium Processing Facility. For 12 consecutive years, Congress has included the …
Uranium Processing Facility Time Lapse
The Uranium Processing Facility project is making progress to replace aging facilities with a modern, more efficient and safer facility for highly-enriched uranium operations. Watch this time-lapse video of some work to date. Tags: UPF. Library. Forms; Video. 2018 Summer Intern Expo (Captioned)
Materials Facilities by Location or Name | NRC.gov
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) currently regulates fuel cycle facilities and uranium recovery facilities in Illinois, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, ia, Washington, and Wyoming. The following map depicts the locations of these facilities, while the Alphabetical List of Mapped Materials Facilities ...
Uranium Processing Facility substation complete | Y-12 …
WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) Project continues to make progress with the recent completion of a new electrical substation at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The completion of the $60 million …
Uranium Modernization Costs at $7.4 Billion …
The NNSA plans to spend $7.4 billion by 2026 to modernize uranium processing facilities and capabilities for nuclear weapons. The report highlights the progress and issues of the Uranium Processing …
Fire contained at Tennessee uranium processing …
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A fire at a Y-12 National Security Complex uranium processing facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee has been contained, officials from the National Nuclear Security...
Meet the Mobile Packaging capability: One way NNSA …
NNSA's Mobile Uranium Facility and the team that operates it. The Mobile Plutonium Facility during Relentless Rook at the Savannah River Site with P Reactor in background. NNSA's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (DNN) is responsible for removing and/or securing high-risk nuclear and radioactive materials around the world …
Uranium Processing Facility | Y-12 National Security Complex
Learn about the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF), a new construction project at Y-12 to support enriched uranium capabilities for the Nation's nuclear missions. UPF will replace …
Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility
HEUMF is a secure repository for highly enriched uranium, a vital national security asset. It is part of the Uranium Center of Excellence at Y-12, along with the Uranium Processing Facility, which will support uranium storage …
Oak Ridge, Knoxville continue to lead US nuclear energy 2024
The Uranium Processing Facility is scheduled to be completed in 2025. What it means for the future: The Uranium Processing Facility will be central to Y-12's mission, which includes refurbishing ...
Highlights of Y-12's History | Y-12 National Security Complex
Initial design of the Uranium Processing Facility begins: December — Approval gained to begin construction on private financed facilities at Y-12 — a first for NNSA: 2006: Construction halted on HEUMF because of quality concerns: Construction began for two new private-financed facilities, a public interface facility and a main office ...