Y-12 National Security Complex

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United States Department of Energy facility nuclear weapons facility uranium processing plant

The Y-12 National Security Complex is a U.S. Department of Energy facility central to nuclear weapons production, uranium processing, and national security operations.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Y-12 electromagnetic separation plant	2
Y-12 plant	2
Y-12	1
Y-12 Project	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Energy facility ⓘ nuclear weapons facility ⓘ uranium processing plant ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employerOf	nuclear engineers ⓘ security personnel ⓘ weapons designers ⓘ
governingAgency	National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Energy
handlesMaterial	highly enriched uranium ⓘ low enriched uranium ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Y-12 National Security Complex self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Y-12
hasEnvironmentalIssue	legacy contamination from uranium processing ⓘ radioactive waste management ⓘ
hasFacility	secure production facilities ⓘ uranium processing buildings ⓘ uranium storage vaults ⓘ
hasNeighbor	Oak Ridge National Laboratory ⓘ
hasProgram	nonproliferation technology development ⓘ nuclear material disposition ⓘ nuclear weapons life extension programs ⓘ
hasSecurityLevel	Category I special nuclear material protection ⓘ
historicalProject	Manhattan Project ⓘ
inception	1943 ⓘ
locatedIn	Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Anderson County, Tennessee ⓘ Roane County, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOn	Clinch River watershed ⓘ
operatedBy	National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ
originalPurpose	electromagnetic separation of uranium-235 for the Manhattan Project ⓘ
ownedBy	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Energy
partOf	Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
partOfProgram	United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ surface form: United States nuclear stockpile stewardship program
partOfSector	United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ surface form: U.S. nuclear security enterprise
primaryFunction	nuclear nonproliferation support ⓘ nuclear weapons component production ⓘ stockpile stewardship ⓘ uranium processing ⓘ uranium storage ⓘ
regulatoryBody	Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ⓘ Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
securityClassification	highly classified ⓘ
significantEvent	Cold War nuclear weapons production ⓘ production of uranium for the Little Boy atomic bomb ⓘ
strategicRole	maintenance of the U.S. nuclear deterrent ⓘ support of U.S. national security operations ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clinton Engineer Works → associatedWith → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

this entity surface form: Y-12 Project

K-25 Project → associatedWith → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

this entity surface form: Y-12 plant

Clinton Engineer Works → contains → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

this entity surface form: Y-12 electromagnetic separation plant

Knoxville metropolitan area → containsFederalFacility → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

Y-12 National Security Complex → hasAbbreviation → Y-12 National Security Complex self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Y-12

Site X → hasComponent → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

this entity surface form: Y-12 plant

Oak Ridge, Tennessee → hasFacility → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

Clinton, Tennessee → hasNearbyFacility → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

this entity surface form: Y-12 electromagnetic separation plant

Oak Ridge Reservation → hasPart → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

United States Department of Energy national laboratory system → hasPart → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

Secret City → hostedFacility → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

United States nuclear weapons complex → includesFacility → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

Oak Ridge, Tennessee → majorEmployer → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

National Nuclear Security Administration → oversees → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ

American Museum of Science and Energy → relatedTo → Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ