Media Coverage

Y-12 receives two R&D 100 Awards
The awards are presented annually by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year's most significant technological innovations. Y‑12 received the 2007 awards for its Rapid Deployment Shelter System (RDSS) and Personal Annunciation Device (PAD). Source: Y-12 News Release, Tues, 17 July 2007.

The National Security Technology Center
NSTC whips together far-out ideas and cutting-edge technology and blends them into Bond-like safety and security devices for the Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement and the armed services. Source: innovation, August/September 2006, Vol. 4, No. 4.

Y‑12 helps protégé get back on its feet
Y-12 came to the rescue of a recent partner, American Defense Services, when hurricanes Katrina and Rita forced the company out of its offices in Metairie, La. Source: The Oak Ridger, March 9, 2006.

Extending a helping 'hand' to law enforcement
Move over 007, researchers at Y‑12 have developed a pint-sized metal detector that may yield huge dividends for law enforcement and homeland security. Source: The Y‑12 Report, Vol. 2, Issue 4.

National Security Technology Center
Innovations for national security at the Y‑12 National Security Complex. Source: The Y-12 Report, Vol. 2, Issue 3.

ACREM heats up
Thanks to Y‑12 inventor Lee Bzorgi, Y-12 is the first DOE-ORO site to employ a fast, effective method for destroying large amounts of accountable classified removable media (ACREM). Source: The Y-12 Report, Vol. 2, Issue 2.

The DOE's gadget guru
A 3-ounce rubberized acoustic grenade, the Banshee disperses unruly crowds with an ear-piercing 130‑decibel squeal, and is just one of countless ideas percolating inside the brain of Fariborz Bzorgi, a senior staff engineer at the Y‑12 National Security Complex. Source: Popular Science online at popsci.com, March 2005.