Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

UPF rebaseline ‘done,’ project on new schedule, NNSA official says

By Photo of Sarah Salem

ARLINGTON, Va. — The scheduled rebaselining process is done at the Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., an agency official told the Exchange Monitor here Monday.
The Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) is the National…

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