Y12 National Security Complex

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Protecting Americas Future

• Y-12 National Security Complex

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DOEs Oak Ridge Reservation

• Y-12 National Security Complex
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• East Tennessee Technology Park

ORNL
ETTP
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The Manhattan Project

• Y-12 began as part of the Manhattan Project
  during World War II

Y-12 1943
ElectromagneticProcess
Y-12 was built as a facility to separate U-235
for the first atomic bomb.
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Y-12s Legacy

• Provided the enriched uranium for Little Boy to
  help America and her allies win World War II

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Y-12s Transformation

• In the 1950s, Y-12 became a nuclear weapons
  component plant
• In the 1970s and 1980s, Y-12 played a key role in
  building nuclear defense

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Y-12 Demographics

• Work force of 4600
• on-site population with National Nuclear
  Security Administration (NNSA) subcontractors and
  others of almost 7000
• 550 facilities (5.5 million ft2)
• 2 1/2 miles long, 1/2 mile wide
• FY 2005 annual budget of 770 million
• 183 new hires in 2004 1078 new hires since 2000
• Number of employees with degrees
• 1,178 (BS), 513 (MS), 68 (PhD)

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National Nuclear Security Administration

• Semi-autonomous unit of the Department of Energy
  (DOE)
• Created in 1999
• Oversees the operations of the Nuclear Weapons
  Complex

• four production plants
• three design labs

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NNSA Organization

• Administrator reports directly to the Secretary
  of Energy
• Y-12 Site Manager reports directly to NNSA
  Headquarters

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Y-12s Role within NNSA
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BWXT Y-12

• Enterprise of BWX Technologies and Bechtel
  National, Inc.
• BWXT Y-12 Management and Operating (MO) contract
  in place since FY 2000
• Fourth in 60-year history of successful MO
  contractors
• MO contract provides NNSA/DOE with the best
  industrial practices, specialized engineering
  talent and mission-related partnerships
• Earned 95 rating in last evaluation period

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Y-12 Missions Today

• Ensure stockpile safety and reliability
• Respond to stockpile issues with modernized
  production capabilities
• Safeguard and secure strategic materials
• Support nonproliferation activities
• Work for other federal agencies and technology
  transfer

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Y-12 Modernization
Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility
Uranium Processing Facility
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Y-12 Modernization (cont.)

• Purification Facility
• first new production facility in 30 years
• completed in August 2004
• New Off-Site Records Storage Facility
• completed in January 2005
• New Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility
  (HEUMF)
• construction started in December 2004
• New Uranium Processing Facility
• currently in design stage

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Y-12 Modernization (cont.)

• Administrative and technical facilities are being
  proposed using private-sector financing

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Infrastructure Reduction

• Operational space reduced by 905,554 ft2
• 213 buildings demolished
• 692,083 ft2 total space reduction by demolition

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Nuclear Nonproliferation

• Nuclear Cities Initiative
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• Nuclear Materials Control and Accountability
• Naval Reactors
• Work for Others

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Peaceful Use of Nuclear Material

• Y-12 selected to supply Canadian reactors with
  low-enriched uranium
• Project BLEU provides fuel for TVA reactors

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Safety

• Y-12 is a leader in worker safety
• Employees worked more than 6 million hours in
  2004 without a lost workday away injury
• Recordable injury rate lowest in 14 yearswell
  below general industry rates
• 2004 safety index 60 lower than 2003

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Security

• Leading the DOE Complex
• keyless entry
• diskless technology
• Y-12 security rated best in complex in 2004

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Environmental Stewardship

• Recognized by DOE, NNSA, Environmental Protection
  Agency and Tennessee regulators for award-winning
  environmental programs

• Received 11 awards for pollution prevention since
  FY 2000
• Environmental compliance record exceeds 99

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Partnerships and Work for Others

• Other Nuclear Weapons Complex sites to improve
  the Stockpile Stewardship Program
• Federal agencies to provide technological
  assistance and products
• Industry, universities and laboratories to
  develop the solutions necessary to keep the
  United States competitive in the world
  marketplace
• National Center for Defense Manufacturing and
  Machining
• Federal Laboratory Consortium

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Commitment to the Community

• Good neighbor in the East Tennessee community
• pledged 1 million to the Oak Ridge High School
  (ORHS) renovation project
• helping ORHS establish a manufacturing academy to
  strengthen the area work force
• raised 650,000 to the United Way in 18 counties
• sponsored Habitat for Humanity house with 200
  volunteers helping
• contribute 250,000 to Project Grad (Knoxville
  schools)
• contribute 430,000 annually

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Commitment to the Community (cont.)

• Annual Day of Volunteering
• Relay for Life
• Volunteers in the Park

• March of Dimes
• Diabetes Association
• MS Walk
• Cystic Fibrosis Society

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Statewide Economic Impact

• 20th largest employer in Tennessee
• Stable employment
• 4th largest in the Knoxville area
• 314 million in wages
• 205 million in procurements
• 9.3 million in taxes

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Y-12 National Security Complex