
Three uranium processing systems for nuclear weapons at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., will be delayed for six months or more, a federal nuclear safety agency reported last week. Y-12’s electrorefining and direct chip melt front-loading furnace projects each will be delayed six months, according to a recent report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNSFB), while the Building 9212 calciner project will be delayed by 13 months. Consolidated Nuclear Security, the National Nuclear Security…