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2nd phase begins to tear down large Y-12 facility built in 1944 to enrich uranium
A former uranium enrichment building at Y-12 will soon be torn down after a release said crews began the second demolition phase at the Alpha-2 site. It said the building is the largest facility ...
Oak Ridge is home to many of the nation's most contaminated buildings. What’s being done?
Uranium weeps from the walls of one building in Oak Ridge. Here are other surprises of cleaning nuclear waste from America's ...
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Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge has lost federal staff under Trump, NYT reports
The federal oversight office at Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge has lost four employees amid Trump's cuts, ...
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The story of Col. Kenneth Nichols continues with Y-12, E.O. Lawrence, and the Calutron Girls
Earliest facility construction in Oak Ridge began with the Y-12 Electromagnetic Processing Plant. Nichols shared why this ... At one end of the U, a power source would ionize uranium chloride. The ...