A Y-12 Engineer loads a microwave furnace prior to a test melt. Y-12 is considered a world leader in microwave metal and ceramic processing technologi
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Y-12 is proud of its accomplishments as a world leader in manufacturing technology. It is not uncommon to find us in the media spotlight.

  • Crime-solving microscope
    Best-selling author Patricia Cornwell begins chapter 19 of her newest novel, Book of the Dead, in a location unknown to most of the world. “Y‑12 National Security Complex. Scarpetta stops her rental car at a checkpoint in the midst of concrete blast barriers and fences topped with razor wire.” more...
  • Licensed Y-12 technology helps New Orleans recover
    Immediately after Hurricane Katrina, Unisys Corp., a strategic partner of Y‑12 licensee RAMSAFE Technologies Inc., began helping New Orleans reassemble the city's common infrastructure. To meet the overwhelming 24/7 data demands, Unisys and city officials selected RAMSAFE emergency‑management software. more...
  • New weapons system deployed
    The first automated security weapons system within DOE’s Nuclear Weapons Complex has been deployed at Y‑12. The use of the technology provides a significant enhancement to Y‑12’s security. more...
  • Building a better birdcage
    Y‑12 Engineering has designed and is evaluating a new birdcage for use across the Nuclear Weapons Complex. This monolithic birdcage — so dubbed because the new design can be manufactured from a small number of components machined from solid metal — must meet stringent strength and reliability requirements. more...
  • Wireless technology aids maintenance
    Researchers at the Y‑12 National Security Complex pursue improving processes and tasks for the Nuclear Weapons Complex. Wireless condition-based maintenance, which Y‑12 researcher David Mee presented at this year’s National Nuclear Security Administration Future Technologies Conference, is one such advancement. more...