X-326 Process Building
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X-326 construction on August 27, 1953
The concrete under X-326 Area Control Room #4 (ACR-4) was poured on September 11, 1953
Looking across the site of the X-326 on September 17, 1953
Looking east showing activities on X-326 Area Control Room #4 (ACR-4) on September 23, 1953
X-326 Process Building showing Area Control Room #4 (ACR-4) on September 23, 1953
First steel erected on the X-326 Process Building on October 9, 1953
X-326 steel structure on November 17, 1953
X-326 Process Buildings looking North along Track Alley on November 17, 1953
View of the purge and product area in the X-326 Process Building on December 13, 1954
View of Dry Air Station X-326 Process Building on December 13, 1954
X-326 on November 17, 1955 approximately three months before construction and complete turnover were completed
Facility aerial photo
Hot liquid cylinders could be relocated to the cooling area just outside the X-326 before they were transported (June 2010)
Limited cylinder storage was provided in the high assay product withdrawal facility (June 2010)
X-326 demolition preparations – fixative is applied to the interior of the transite panels on Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Liner progress on the east side of the X-326 building as of November 11, 2020
November 19, 2020, crews began applying blue fixative to the transite panels on the exterior of the X-326 building
Demolition crew worker Kyle Snyder sprays latex paint on the walkways in the X-326 to create a clean path for contractor personnel to access the basements on November 19, 2020
Truck placing gravel into the berm at the X-326 in preparation for demolition on November 19, 2020
Chris Harness mixes the vibrant blue fixative in a 55-gallon drum for the next application on December 3, 2020
Excavator work takes place for the haul road prior to culvert placement at the southwest corner of the X-326 on December 15, 2020
Crews apply fixative to the south end of the X-326 on December 20, 2020
Work continues on the construction of the Haul Road to the On Site Waste Disposal Facility on January 6, 2021
Pipes lead to track alley sump pumps as part of the water detention project at the X-326 facility on January 6, 2021
Deactivation crews at the X-326 project moved and assembled modular containers to create a Boundary Control Station (BCS) on the south end of the building on January 20, 2021
An aerial view of the X-326 looking southeast from a point near the X-530A Switchyard on January 20, 2021
Transite removal on the south and east sides of the X-326 met on April 6, 2021
Sunrise before demolition day on May 17, 2021
Nightshift transite removal on August 11, 2021
Nightshift transite removal on August 11, 2021
Aerial view of the X-326 from the southeast corner as demolition continues, crews are also pictured simultaneously loading debris on September 8, 2021
The last section standing of Process Unit 25-6 at the X-326 facility on September 8, 2021
Last day of building demolition on June 10, 2022
Last day of building demolition on June 10, 2022
Last day of building demolition on June 10, 2022
Last day of building demolition on June 10, 2022
Last day of building demolition on June 10, 2022
Heavy equipment is used to size reduce and load X-326 debris for transfer to the OSWDF on September 7, 2022
Heavy equipment is used to size reduce and load X-326 debris for transfer to the OSWDF on October 19, 2022
Crews cover one of the debris loads before transferring it to the OSWDF on October 19, 2022