GROUNDBREAKING ON NEW MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR URANIUM PROCESSING FACILITY
Officials held a groundbreaking Friday morning for the new three-story Construction Support Building for the multi-billion dollar Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex. This project is being touted as the first of its’ kind and the National Nuclear Security Administration is using a “build to your budget” strategy that should see its’ completion by 2025 at a cost of $6.5 billion. The project is slated to be one of the largest construction projects in Tennessee history.