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 ...

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 …

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 National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has said. UPF is the US Department of Energy's (DOE) single largest capital investment in Tennessee since World War II and NNSA's ...

Independent Assessment of Construction Quality at the Y-12 …

December 2023, Independent Assessment of Construction Quality at the Y-12 National Security Complex Uranium Processing Facility. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) conducted an independent assessment of construction quality at the Y-12 National Security Complex Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) from …

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.

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 …

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

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. …

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 …

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, …

Company reveals plans for new US uranium plant

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

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 …

Fuel Fabrication | NRC.gov

Fuel fabrication facilities convert enriched uranium into fuel for nuclear reactors. Fabrication also can involve mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, which is a combination of uranium and plutonium. ... Three fuel fabrication plants processing low-enriched uranium are currently licensed by the NRC: Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas in …

Uranium Modernization Costs at $7.4 Billion Through 2026; …

On top of the $6.5 billion required to build the Uranium Processing Facility in 2026, the National Nuclear Security Administration will have to spend nearly $1 billion by that year to modernize other facilities needed to support the next generation weapons-uranium hub, the Government Accountability Office reported.

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.

Uranium Processing Facility (Complete)

Once the Kovarex processes are fully primed it generates 22.3/m U-235, and consumes 650/m uranium ore and 65/m U-238. This blueprint can be tiled horizontally if higher output of U-235 is desired. And additional belts of uranium can be added from the side. Voidedfactory. Inserter.

DOE Announces Next Steps to Build Domestic Uranium …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for proposals (RFP) for uranium enrichment services to help establish a reliable domestic supply of fuels using high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)—a crucial material needed to deploy …

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 …

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 …

NNSA Release: NNSA's Uranium Processing Facility Project …

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 …

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 ...

URANIUM MILLING AND PROCESSING FACILITIES

Uranium Processing Facilities. Procuring and processing of uranium were tasks critical to the success by the Manhattan Project. Production of both the uranium and plutonium bombs depended on adequate supply of refined and appropriately configured uranium. The uranium processing chain—from raw ore to usage in the enrichment facilities and the ...

Y-12's key uranium processing facility gets record funding …

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 …

UPF construction status | Y-12 National Security Complex

UPF construction status. No flash player has been set up. 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.

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 ...

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 …

About | Y-12 National Security Complex

About. 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 …

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 ...

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 …