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UPF Rebaseline ‘Done,’ Project On New Schedule, NNSA Official Says

Sarah Salem

Monday, January 27th, 2025

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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 sister publication The Exchange Monitor here Monday. The Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) is the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) next-generation factory for nuclear-weapons secondary stages. Audrey Beldio, principal assistant deputy administrator for production modernization and materials management at NNSA, told the Monitor that UPF is now on the new rebaseline, and is currently on schedule. Beldio’s…

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