Uranium Processing Facility Project Achieves Key Milestone With Completion Of Support Building

NNSA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  The Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration’s (DOE/NNSA) Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) Project continues to make substantial progress with the recent completion of the UPF Construction Support Building (CSB) at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
 
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, DOE Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette, NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz, and Y-12 and UPF senior officials took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the CSB today.
 
The completion of the $27.5 million CSB on time and $5 million under budget marks a major milestone in the UPF Project, which will replace an early-Cold War plant with a modern, more efficient, and safer facility for conducting highly-enriched uranium operations at Y-12.
 
“I am honored to be here to see UPF’s progress and to celebrate the timely and cost effective completion of the Construction Support Building,” Brouillette said. “Today’s ceremony recognizes an important step toward delivering UPF and strengthening our nation’s nuclear security.”
 
“UPF is a vital part of modernizing our nuclear infrastructure to meet national security needs now and well into the future,” Klotz said. “What an incredible feat for an acquisition project of this size and scope to remain on budget and on schedule for five consecutive years! It exemplifies the increased rigor and discipline DOE and NNSA are now bringing to the design and execution of all large capital construction projects.”
 
Using a “build to budget” strategy, NNSA has committed to Congress to provide these facilities by 2025 for no more than $6.5 billion, assuming stable funding through the duration of the project.
 
The 65,000 square-foot Construction Support Building will provide office space for more than 300 UPF project personnel. It is the first permanent structure for the UPF Project and the first building at Y-12 with a LEED Gold Certification.
 
When construction of the UPF Project is completed, the three-story facility will continue to be used as much needed office and warehouse space for the UPF site.
 
In September, the overall UPF project achieved 90 percent design completion on the nuclear work, a major prerequisite for starting construction on the nuclear facilities.
 
On Nov. 9, NNSA approved the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis, demonstrating the UPF design is compliant with Departmental orders and requirements.
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