News Releases
News releases provide information about what has been happening in and around Y-12.
B&W Y‑12 Community Relations Council adds new members
The B&W Y‑12 Community Relations Council (CRC) recently added 14 members and elected a new chair and vice chair, bringing the total to 31 members. The new members were added as a means of reaching a broader area in East Tennessee. more...
NNSA Defense Programs Announces Quarterly Awards
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Defense Programs today announced the recipients of the Defense Programs’ Employee of the Quarter Awards. more...
Y‑12’s Ted Sherry honored by NNSA’s Don Cook and others at ceremony
Don Cook, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) deputy administrator for Defense Programs, visited the Y‑12 National Security Complex today to honor Y‑12 Site Manager Ted Sherry as he retires from his position. more...
NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs tours Y‑12’s analytical chemistry labs
Don Cook, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) deputy administrator for Defense Programs, visited the Y‑12 National Security Complex today. Cook was in Oak Ridge to honor Y‑12 Site Manager Ted Sherry as he retires from his position. While at Y‑12, Cook toured the site’s analytical chemistry labs. more...
B&W Y-12 receives National Safety Council awards
B&W Y-12, the managing and operating contractor that runs the Y-12 National Security Complex for the National Nuclear Security Administration, won the 2011 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award, marking the eighth consecutive year the company has received the award. more...
Y-12 United Way campaign posts record results in 2011
United Way contributions at the Y-12 National Security Complex reached a record high in 2011, the company’s managing and operating contractor, B&W Y-12, announced today. Contributions from employees, retirees and the corporation totaled $961,225, the highest United Way contribution level ever at the complex. more...
NNSA Releases Final Request for Proposal for Consolidated Contract Competition for Nuclear Production Operations
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the management and operation of the Y‑12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, with an option for phase in of Tritium Operations performed at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C. The RFP also includes a separate severable line item for the project management of the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) at the Y‑12 National Security Complex. more...
Hight leads Y‑12’s governance improvement program
B&W Y‑12 has named Paul Hight executive director of Governance and Business Services Transformation at the Y‑12 National Security Complex. He formerly led the Materials Management Department in the site’s Production organization. more...
B&W Y-12 partners with Roane State to offer employees flexible class schedules, credit for work experience
B&W Y-12 announced an agreement today with Roane State Community College that gives employees who want to return to college more scheduling options for classes, and college credit for work and apprenticeship experience. more...
Ecological health of East Fork Poplar Creek continues to improve
Aquatic biologists have continued to document long-term improvement in the ecological health of East Fork Poplar Creek. The stream originates within the Y‑12 National Security Complex and flows through the City of Oak Ridge. During the Cold War era, it sustained substantial contamination as a result of nuclear weapons production at Y‑12. more...
Y‑12 Apprentice Program graduates first class in almost 30 years
The Y‑12 Apprentice Program held the first graduation ceremony in almost 30 years today at the site’s New Hope Center. Nine apprentices, including members of the carpenter’s, painter’s, insulator’s and ironworker and rigger’s unions, received their certificates of achievement for on-the-job and classroom training. more...
Y‑12 makes Thanksgiving donation to Appalachian families
More than 80 families in rural Appalachia will enjoy Thanksgiving meals thanks to employees in the Facilities, Infrastructure and Services (FI&S) organization at the Y‑12 National Security Complex. On November 10, FI&S employees donated 81 food boxes — each with the ingredients for a full Thanksgiving meal — to Mission of Hope along with a check for $1,050, enough to purchase 105 turkeys to go along with the food boxes. more...
Congressman Hal Rogers, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, visits Y‑12
Congressman Hal Rogers of Kentucky, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, visited Y‑12 to learn more about the site’s transformation plans. more...
