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.
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The Uranium Processing Facility works toward UPF “in the dry” milestone by end of the summer.
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The UPF Main Process Building third-level wall installation continues with 21 of the final 29 placed.
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Siding installation work on the Salvage and Accountability Building
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Installation of the 13.8kV switchgear in the Uranium Processing Facility’s Mechanical Electrical Building
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Two mission essential UPF employees work back to back with a COVID-19 safety partition between to maximize social distancing.
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As part of the project’s COVID-19 safety actions, plexiglass partitions were installed and placed on breakroom tables to maximize social distancing while eating.
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Two UPF ironworkers work together to tie rebar in place in preparation of the wall’s concrete placement at the Main Process Building.
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The Mechanical Electrical Building houses all of the Uranium Processing Facility’s air handling units, which will be used to regulate and circulate the air throughout each building.
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Work progresses at the Process Support Facilities with installation of structural steel. The subproject will achieve the “in the dry” milestone in March 2021.
