U.S. Removes Over 30 Kilograms of Highly Enriched Uranium from Japan
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan announced the successful removal of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from three Japanese si…
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Michelle Reichart is Retiring from CNS, Bill Tindal will Become Acting President & CEO
Michelle Reichert has informed the CNS Board of Managers and the National Nuclear Security Administration that she will retire, beginning a much-deser…
CNS wins gold, silver DOE GreenBuy awards
Oak Ridge, Tenn.—Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, TX turned green into gold and silver, respectively, w…
EM Continues Progress Eliminating Risks at Y-12
EM has prepared the East Column Exchange (COLEX) equipment at Oak Ridge for demolition following deactivation work that involved retrieving mercury fr…
NNSA Breaks Ground on Security Project at Y-12
NNSA this week held the groundbreaking of the multiyear Security Infrastructure Revitalization Program at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennes…
Y-12 and LLNL Partner to Accelerate Production, Innovation for U.S. Nuclear Deterrent
Y-12 National Security Complex and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have teamed up to rapidly modernize legacy technology and production…
NNSA Releases FY 2022 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan Report
Today, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is releasing the Fiscal Year 2022 Stockpile Stewardship and Manage…
A New Entry to Y-12’s History
It’s a nondescript yellow brick building just down the hill from the Jack Case Center at the Y 12 National Security Complex. The building could be e…
Deactivation Paves Way for Major Skyline Changes in Oak Ridge
Since the start of 2022, EM crews at Oak Ridge have finished deactivating the former Criticality Experiment Laboratory and the mercury-contaminated…
Y-12 Accepting STEM Classroom Grant Applications
sponsoring $1,000 grants for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classrooms. The goal of the grants, designated for grades 6–12, is to…