Current News Releases
News releases for the past three months provide information about what has been happening in and around the Y-12 National Security Complex. To see news releases older than three months, visit our archives.
- Y-12 Advanced Simulation and Computing program draws on power of high-performance computers to support stockpile readiness
Wed, 23 July 2008 — In a world where underground testing of nuclear weapons is no longer conducted, the supercomputer is becoming the tool for understanding and evaluating the condition of the nation’s stockpile. more... - B&W Y-12 starts new apprenticeship program
Mon, 21 July 2008 — With what looks to be a resurgence of the nuclear power industry, particularly in the Tennessee Valley and across the Southeast, skilled craft workers are in short supply. There is strong competition for these workers. more... - Y-12 researchers garner R&D 100 awards
Mon, 21 July 2008 — A research chemist and his revolutionary cloth invented to clean surfaces leaving no sticky residue, even down to the nanoscale, have captured a prestigious R&D 100 award, along with three other researchers at the Y‑12 National Security Complex. more... - Registration Deadline for Veterans Business Conference is July 29
Wed, 16 July 2008 — Registration deadline for the 2008 Veterans Business Conference is July 29. more... - New Hope Center at Y-12 Earns Energy Leadership Certification
Thurs, 26 June 2008 — The New Hope Center at the Y‑12 National Security Complex has been recognized as a LEED Certified facility by the U.S. Green Building Council. Achieving LEED certification is a rigorous process that only a small percentage of the buildings in the country attain. Currently, there are only eight facilities currently in Tennessee that have LEED certification. Of those eight Tennessee facilities, five are located in Oak Ridge. more... - B&W Y-12 Honors Small Businesses
Wed, 18 June 2008 — B&W Y-12 honored several local small businesses at a Socioeconomic Program awards luncheon June 11. The awards recognize “stellar performance” by the small companies with which Y‑12 does business and recognizes Y‑12 employees who advocate working with small businesses. more... - Y-12 Tours Part of Secret City Festival
Wed, 11 June 2008 — Oak Ridge’s Secret City Festival offers an opportunity for a glimpse behind the fence at the Y‑12 National Security Complex, which played a key role World War II’s top-secret Manhattan Project. more... - 2008 Veterans Business Conference Set for August 5 in Oak Ridge
Wed, 4 June 2008 — The Y-12 National Security Complex and The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services Procurement Technical Assistance Center (UT CIS-PTAC) join with a host of East Tennessee agencies for the second annual East Tennessee Veterans Business Conference. The theme of this conference is “Increasing Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Businesses.” more... - B&W Y-12 medical director receives fellowship in occupational and environmental medical society
Thurs, 29 May 2008 — B&W Y‑12’s Occupational Health Services Director Dr. Otis Cosby was elevated to fellowship in the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) at the college’s annual meeting in April. more... - Y-12 Construction Marks Two Million Hours Without a Lost-Time Accident
Wed, 28 May 2008 — The B&W Y-12 Direct-Hire Construction team has worked two million hours, covering a four-year period without a lost-time injury. That’s the equivalent of 1,000 people working four years without a lost-time accident. The Construction team’s last lost workday was in April 2004. more... - Research doors open for B&W Y-12, ORAU with MOU signing
Wed, 21 May 2008 — B&W Y‑12, the contractor operating the Y-12 National Security Complex, and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, a consortium of 99 doctoral-granting institutions, signed a memorandum of understanding today that will allow the two institutions to engage in a number of collaborative research partnerships. more...