Emergency Crews Responding to Incident at Y12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge

Emergency Crews Responding to Incident at Y12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge

Updated story: Emergency crews responding to a fire at Y-12 National Security Complex.

That according to Kathryn King with Y-12 who tells our news partner WVLT that the fire broke out this (Wednesday) morning in building 9212 which is listed on the complex’s website as an uranium processing building, built in 1945.

The building serves “as one of the primary chemical processing and enriched uranium production facilities at Y-12. It is set to be replaced by the end of 2025.

Y-12 emergency personnel responded to the scene, which is being directed by Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC and the National Nuclear Security Administration.

King says that employees were evacuated from the building but the fire poses no risk to the outside public.

Original story: An incident at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.

Y-12 emergency response personnel are at the scene of that unspecified incident. Officials say appropriate precautionary protective actions have been initiated for Y-12 employees who are in the vicinity of the incident and who are not involved in the emergency response.

At this time, there is no off-site impact to the public as a result of the incident.