Y-12 News

Y-12 Employees Honored with Excellence Awards

Eight teams of employees at the Y-12 National Security Complex recently received NNSA’s Office of Safety, Infrastructure, and Operations (NA-50) Excellence Awards for their exceptional accomplishments during Fiscal Year 2020.
By |July 19th, 2021||0 Comments|
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NNSA Receives Top Project Management Awards from DOE

Each year, the Department recognizes projects that have demonstrated excellence in project management. Specifically, the Secretary's Achievement Award is presented to project teams that have demonstrated significant results in completing projects under budget and ahead of schedule. In Oak Ridge the UPF Substation Subproject delivered the Pine Ridge Substation at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $16 million under budget and six months ahead of schedule
By |July 19th, 2021||0 Comments|
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WIPP Marks 100 Shipments From Oak Ridge Waste Processing Center

EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant recently marked a milestone after receiving its 100th waste shipment from Oak Ridge, Tennessee since shipments resumed in August 2017, following a fire and radiological events in the WIPP underground in 2014.
By |July 7th, 2021||0 Comments|
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Y-12 Celebrates Innovative Tech Accomplishments

Y‑12 inventors were honored for their innovative technology accomplishments during Consolidated Nuclear Security’s annual Technology Transfer Awards Ceremony. Because of COVID-19 protocols, the ceremony was delayed and held virtually for the first time. The site has a long history of producing technologies that are transferred to the private sector.
By |July 7th, 2021||0 Comments|
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NNSA’s Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program expands to serve STEM students and further our Nation’s security

NNSA’s Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP) has awarded four new grants, bringing the total number of grants to 17, in order to better serve students and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) in STEM disciplines.
By |June 30th, 2021||0 Comments|
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