Emerging Missions Performed at the Y-12 National Security Complex Support the Nuclear Security Enterprise; Stakeholders' Report 2010 Y/NSP-762, YGG 10-385
Oak Ridge, TN: B&W Technical Services Y-12, LLC, 2010. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 20 pages, plus covers. Illustrations (color). Map. Format is approximately 7 inches by 10 inches. The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was built as part of the Manhattan Project for the purpose of enriching uranium for the first atomic bombs. It is considered the birthplace of the atomic bomb. In the years after World War II, it has been operated as a manufacturing facility for nuclear weapons components and related defense purposes. Y-12 had the mission to maintain the safety, security and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. Their portion of the over mission includes weapons component production, surveillance, dismantlement, and storage are four distinct facets of this mission. Production includes the manufacture of new components, which oftentimes are combined with recycled components into subassemblies. This process, referred to as refurbishment, extends the lifetimes of systems in the active weapons stockpile and ensures their effectiveness. Another aspect of this mission is surveillance testing, which determines how weapons in the active stockpile are aging. Dismantlement involves separating components of retired weapons and recovering nuclear materials. Storage occurs throughout all of these processes. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Y-12, Nuclear Security Enterprise, Manufacturing, Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Technology, Consequence Management, Technology Roadmap, Uranium Disposition, Nuclear Technology, Nonproliferation, Global Threat, Fissile Material Disposition, Building 9202
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