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60th Anniversary
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Technology Paving Way for Tomorrow's Y-12
As one would suspect, creating nuclear weapons components requires quite a bit of technological know-how. The Y-12 National Security Complex has some of the world's top engineers and scientists studying and developing new manufacturing and materials-based technologies and manufacturing processes, many of which will be of benefit to non-nuclear businesses in the future.more ... | |||
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Increased Emphasis on Safety Brings Results At the National Nuclear Security Administration's Y-12 National Security Complex, safety is a core value. It is at the heart of all worked performed and the complex. That emphasis on safety has already paid dividends. As a result of this over arching emphasis on safety, Y-12 has posted its lowest injury rate in a decade. more ... | |||
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Elvis was just a teenager, Hank Williams was still three years away from that long ride to Canton and no one had even heard of "reality television" when Ted Robinson came to work at Y-12. With fifty-two and one-half years under his belt and still going strong, Robinson holds the distinction of having the most years of company service at Y-12 for an active employee.
A device that looks like it might be something out of a science fiction movie will reduce the risk of beryllium exposure for workers at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Y-12 has been testing a Rapid Transfer Port (RTP), a device that should reduce or eliminate potential exposure of employees to beryllium oxide, a hazardous material used at Y-12 that poses significant health risks if breathed.