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Uranium Processing Facility

Construction work in progress at the UPF jobsite. Construction work in progress at the UPF jobsite.
NS&E President Barbara Rusinko discusses the landscape of UPF with project colleagues during her site visit.

Enabling the Future of America’s Nuclear Security Mission

Bechtel is working with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Consolidated Nuclear Security to construct the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

UPF supports the long-term viability, safety, and security of enriched uranium capabilities in the U.S. This modernization fortifies the country’s nuclear defense, reduces global threats, improves worker safety, and lowers operating and maintenance costs.

UPF will become the key operations center at Y-12, replacing 75-year-old facilities with modern buildings designed and constructed to current safety and security standards.

Multi-Facility Complex

The multiple facility complex allows each building to be constructed to the safety and security requirements appropriate for the building’s function, providing cost-saving opportunities in both building construction and equipment installation.

Indoor view of construction work in progress at the UPF jobsite.
View of work at UPF's onsite concrete batch plant.

Safety

The UPF facility improves worker safety, reduces operational costs and energy consumption, and allows more efficient mission delivery. The complex enables processing capabilities for enriched uranium casting, oxide production, and salvage and accountability operations to support the Nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, defense nuclear nonproliferation, and naval reactors. Advances in processing provide significant improvements in safety and efficiency of operations and space utilization.

Security

The UPF complex is designed to withstand an array of severe natural phenomena hazards and will be protected by a state-of-the-art Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment System and the highly trained, well-equipped Y-12 security force.

Two massive tower cranes being used to move materials during the construction of the Uranium Processing Facility.
The Uranium Processing Facility went vertical when the first structural steel was placed for the Mechanical Electrical Building.
Construction work in progress at the UPF jobsite.
Craft workers tightening rebar.

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