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![[Flag of the NNSA]](../images/u/us_nnsa3.jpg) logo located by Dave Fowler, 30 April 2021
  
logo located by Dave Fowler, 30 April 2021
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![[Logo of the NNSA]](../images/u/us_nnsa).gif) logo located by Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
  
logo located by Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
The NNSA is an agency of the US Department of Energy, and has a flag, that 
appears to be a gold logo on a blue field. The quality of the images from the 
entrance of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory here are not great. (In 
these photos, the NNSA flag is second to last between the Washington and VPP 
Star Site flags).
I've also seen what appears to 
	be a white version used indoors, but the quality of those photos is even 
	worse.
Presentation on 
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Nuclear_Security_Administration 
 Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
![[Flag of the Y-12 National Security Complex]](../images/u/us_y12_1.gif) image by Tomislav Todorovic, 27 April 2021
 
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 27 April 2021
Y-12 is a Department of Energy nuclear weapons facility in Tennessee. While 
the standard logo is black with a red atomic orbit, the flag has a blue logo 
with a gold orbit.
Presentation on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y-12_National_Security_Complex
Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
A larger photo:
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oak-ridge-tennessee-the-y-12-national-security-complex-which-produces-36263024.html 
reveals that the inscription "National Security Complex" is actually blue, not 
black as might be expected based on the logo.
 Tomislav Todorovic, 27 April 2021
![[Flag of the Y-12 National Security Complex]](../images/u/us_y12_2.gif) image by Tomislav Todorovic, 27 April 2021
 
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 27 April 2021
A variant also exists without the inscription "National Security Complex", 
with the shade of blue somewhat darker, but still lighter than in the national 
and state flags, and the ratio of about 1:2. It can be seen here:
https://www.labpartnering.org/labs/y12#experts 
Another photo:
https://www.facebook.com/y12nsc/photos/a.369211153109222/407721392591531/?type=3 
clearly displays the same place and the same flag, although the colors may look 
darker (the same is also true for the other flags); however, it reveals the flag 
ratio better.
 Tomislav Todorovic, 27 April 2021
![[Logo of the Y-12 National Security Complex]](../images/u/us_doe-y12).gif) logo located by Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
 
logo located by Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
This version of the logo is also used in black and red colors instead of blue 
and gold. The photo:
https://destinationwwii.com/manhattan-project-sites-in-oak-ridge-tennessee/ 
reveals that the ratio is about 3:5, the same as in the first flag variant.
 Tomislav Todorovic, 27 April 2021
![[Logo of the Y-12 National Security Complex]](../images/u/us_Y12-75).jpg) logo located by Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
 
logo located by Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
In one of the articles below, there is a photo with two additional flags:
*Y-12 75th Anniversary, logo on white
*United States 
Energy Research and Development Administration (1974-77, now defunct). See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Research_and_Development_Administration
ERDA flag was a seal on white.
 Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
![[Logo of the Y-12 National Security Complex]](../images/u/us$sandia1.jpg) image located by Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
 
image located by Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021
Sandia Labs has had at least two, possibly three flags over the years, 
reflecting the contractor that operates the facility:
1 - with Martin 
Marietta logo
2- with Lockheed Martin logo
3 - with no logo
Flag is 
white, with logo centered on white, a wide blue stripe with contractor name in 
white, above a small white stripe, and a vertical black stripe along the hoist.
Presentation of Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandia_National_Laboratories 
Dave Fowler, 27 April 2021