X-344A Feed Manufacturing Facility (1952-1962)
X-344A UF6 Sampling (1975-Current)
Facility Information
- 63,000 sq. ft. of floor space
- Two (2) floors and basement
- four (4) fluorination towers(during feed manufacturing)
- two (2) cleanup reactor towers for scavenging excess fluorine gas(during feed manufacturing)
- compressors and cold traps to collect the UF6 cylinder fill stations (during feed manufacturing)
- outside storage yards for large cylinders
- four (4) containment autoclaves type for sampling & transferring units for 2.5-, 10-, and 14-ton cylinders
- instrumentation that provides for detection of UF6 out-leakage and for automatic steam cutoff and isolation of the system
- load-cell scales are installed for each autoclave to facilitate monitoring cylinder filling to avoid overfilling
- north high-bay area is also used for rail shipments
- south high-bay area is used for receiving and shipping low-assay feed and product
- four (4) 20-ton cranes
- two (2) accountability scales are accessible from either high-bay area.