X-344B Maintenance Storage Building (Ash Storage Facility)
Facility Information
The X-344B Maintenance Storage Building was formerly located just north of the X-342B Fluorine Storage Building at the north end of PORTS and was 6,000 square feet in size prior to demolition. The storage building was a utilitarian, prefabricated “Butler Building” which rested atop a concrete slab foundation. The building consisted of a steel frame structure clad with metal siding and no window openings. The ridgeline of the steel-covered roof featured a pair of exhaust vents.
Vehicular access to the interior of the building was provided by large, roll-away doors, located in each of the gabled ends of the building. With a floor space of 6,000 square feet, the interior of the building was largely open and unobstructed. One corner of the room featured a restroom facility, which was enclosed with concrete blocks.
The X-344B Maintenance Storage Building was originally known as the Ash Storage Facility. When built, it served as temporary storage space for canisters of uranium oxides and containers of ash, which came from the fluorination process in the X-344A UF6 Sampling Facility. Throughout its history, the building served a variety of storage and maintenance needs. In 1993, maintenance operations moved to another facility on site.
