UPF construction status
Learn about Y-12’s new story: the Uranium Processing Facility, one of the largest construction projects in Tennessee history. UPF is an essential part of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s modernization efforts.
UPF
Uranium Processing Facility substation complete
Electrical infrastructure will help Y-12 fulfill critical national security missions
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The Uranium Processing Facility Project glows in the early morning Tennessee sunrise.
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Laura is a subcontracts administrator at the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) Project. She has been building UPF since 2015 on the Acquisition Services team. Laura manages service and construction contracts, working with local and national companies that bid on work to support the construction of UPF.
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Uranium Processing Facility veterans are recognized during a ceremony outside the Construction Support Building.
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Members of the skilled craft workforce conducts finish work on the Uranium Processing Facility Main Process Building first level walls.
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The cooling tower continues to rise next to the Uranium Processing Facility Mechanical and Electrical Building.
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A Uranium Processing Facility team meeting is held in a Main Process Building corridor.
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The first upper decking concrete placement took place at the Uranium Processing Facility Salvage and Accountability Building. The skilled craft workforce continues to prepare additional sections for upcoming concrete placements.
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A Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) crew performs layout work in the UPF Salvage and Accountability Building.
