Supplemental Info:
The fire broke out at Building 9212 of the facility. 200+ employees evacuated. No injuries or contamination reported. The specific material involved in the fire was a compound of uranium in metal form. Cause of the fire to be released at a later date. The rest of the Y-12 complex has returned to normal operation.
The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was built as part of the Manhattan Project for the purpose of enriching uranium for the first atomic bombs. It is considered the birthplace of the atomic bomb. In the years after World War II, it has been operated as a manufacturing facility for nuclear weapons components and related defense purposes.
Y-12 is managed and operated under contract by Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC , which is composed of member companies Bechtel National Inc., Leidos Inc., Orbital ATK, Inc, and SOC LLC, with Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. as a teaming subcontractor.
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