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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 ...

NMHB 2020 [Revised]

Y-12 is in the process of constructing a Uranium Processing Facility (UPF), which is intended to replace and consolidate approximately 800,000 square feet of existing uranium facilities that are decades old and do not meet modern safety standards. Y-12 also plans to build a new Lithium Production Facility to replace its current Manhattan ...

GAO-20-293, MODERNIZING THE NUCLEAR SECURITY …

in 2004 to replace four uranium processing facilities at Y-12 and relocate key processing equipment and capabilities into a single new structure— the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) project. However, NNSA identified scope, schedule, and cost issues with the UPF, and an October 2013

UPF construction status | Y-12 National Security Complex

Time: 3:56 min. Captioned. Learn about Y-12's new story: the Uranium Processing Facility, one of the largest construction projects in Tennessee history. UPF is an essential part of the National Nuclear Security Administration's modernization efforts.

Independent Assessment of Construction Safety at the Y …

CNS procedure PL -SH-801768-A008, Uranium Processing Facility Project CNS ES&H Oversight Plan, adequately describes the CNS oversight activities. CNS and BNI safety representatives demonstrated knowledge of construction safety during the EA walkdowns of the subcontract work. EA reviewed the reports for two Zero Incidents Program walkdowns ...

UPF Jobs | Y-12 National Security Complex

To find out how to register for positions with the Knoxville Building and Construction Trades Council for the chance to work at the Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex on the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) Project, please visit

NNSA Administrator Hruby's remarks at the 16th Annual …

On the nuclear materials side, the Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 is now fully enclosed and is on track for completion in 2026. When its seven sub-projects are complete, UPF will be one of the largest acquisitions in the history of the nuclear security enterprise. We are also making progress on our plutonium pit production facilities at ...

UPF Photo Gallery | Y-12 National Security Complex

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Uranium processing | Mining, Refining & Enrichment

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, so that it is not …

Independent Assessment of Construction Quality at the …

URANIUM PROCESSING FACILITY . 1.0 INTRODUCTION . The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Assessments, within the independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), conducted an assessment of primary Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) project contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security, …

UPF News | Y-12 National Security Complex

Uranium Processing Facility Site Infrastructure and Services Subproject honored by the Department of Energy. Post date: Monday, May 20, 2019 - 4:24pm. MPB takes shape with first vertical wall placed. Post date: Monday, May 20, 2019 - 4:14pm. Structural base slabs complete for MPB, MEB, SAB.

Honeywell to Reopen Sole U.S. Uranium Conversion Plant

Honeywell is gearing up to reopen the Metropolis Works plant in Metropolis, Illinois—the U.S.'s sole uranium conversion facility—and restart production of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) by early ...

NNSA's Uranium Processing Facility Project Achieves …

WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's Uranium Processing Facility Project has reached a significant …

UPF Video Gallery | Y-12 National Security Complex

Uranium Processing Facility Time Lapse through Dec. 2022. Time: 2:40

NNSA's Uranium Processing Facility Project Achieves Key …

WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's Uranium Processing Facility Project has reached a significant milestone with all buildings being fully enclosed, or "in the dry." "Achieving this milestone is a key accomplishment as UPF construction continues eliminating weather related schedule risk …

Company reveals plans for new US uranium plant

US uranium. plant. 24 January 2023. Share. Western Uranium & Vanadium has already acquired a site in Utah and begun work on designing and permitting the facility to process uranium, vanadium …

About | Y-12 National Security Complex

The Y‑12 National Security Complex is a premier manufacturing facility dedicated to making our nation and the world a safer place and plays a vital role in the Department of Energy's Nuclear Security Enterprise. Y‑12 …

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 ...

Testimony of Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and …

relocating its enriched uranium processing capabilities into the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) and other enduring facilities to reduce mission dependency on building 9212, which is …

Work begins on new Y-12 lithium processing facility with

In August, U.S. lawmakers passed a defense spending bill that set aside around $1 billion to both build the new facility and build a modernized uranium processing facility.

Uranium Processing Facility, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Modern safety standards, security, and flexibility. The complex will enable processing capabilities for enriched uranium casting, oxide production, and salvage and …

NNSA Administrator Hruby's remarks at the 2023 Nuclear …

In addition to that, we will be completing the Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 and continue work on other projects for secondary production such as lithium processing. We have also started work to expand the Kansas City National Security Complex for non-nuclear production. We are also investing in new and updated scientific …

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 ...

Company reveals plans for new US uranium plant

"The processing facility, when completed, will provide Western with uranium and vanadium to sell into improving markets and thus result in substantial cash flow from operations." Western - formerly Homeland Uranium - holds uranium and vanadium mineral assets in western Colorado and eastern Utah, including its flagship …

2021 Year in Review – Oak Ridge

facilities at those sites, including former research reactors, uranium processing facilities, isotope and fission development laboratories, and support buildings. ORNL and Y-12 house hundreds of excess contaminated facilities that comprise the largest inventory of high-risk buildings in the DOE complex.

Y-12 National Security Complex / Oak Ridge …

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, …

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 ...

Uranium Processing Facility | Y-12 National Security …

The National Nuclear Security Administration is constructing a modern Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) to support key missions of the Y-12 National Security …

Y-12 National Security Complex moving lithium processing

A massive new Uranium Processing Facility, the product of decades of careful planning and construction, is quickly moving toward its scheduled completion in 2025. The $6.5 billion project, with a ...

Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: Uranium Processing

The National Nuclear Security Administration knows its uranium processing facilities are outdated and deteriorating. As part of its overall uranium program, NNSA expects to complete a new processing facility for $6.5 billion by 2025—on budget and on time. In addition, the agency will modernize some, and transition out of other, …