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.

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