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14th Nov 2006, 16:26 GMT

(Knoxville News-Sentinel) The government's plans for the nuclear weapons complex of the future - known as Complex 2030 - could expand work at the Y-12 warhead facility, including a possible role with plutonium. Y-12 historically has manufactured the secondary stage of nuclear warheads, specializing in work with highly enriched uranium. Under the new proposal, the Oak Ridge plant is among five sites being considered to process plutonium - one of the world's most hazardous materials - and manufacture warhead parts with it...11/14 [Registration required] DOE plans to downgrade enriched uranium for reactor fuel (Oak Ridger) More than 17 tons of weapons-grade uranium stored at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant will be down-blended to make it available for reactor fuel, federal officials said. The government unveiled the three-year project earlier this week, and in December or January will solicit companies interested in bidding on the work...According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the 17.4 tons of HEU will be converted into about 290 tons of low-enriched uranium with an estimated value of $750 million...11/13 [Registration required]

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