Secure Storage

Y‑12 is the "Fort Knox" for highly enriched uranium. Enriched uranium material warehousing and management oversees the secure management and storage of special nuclear materials as weapons are retired from the national stockpile or returned for dismantlement under strategic arms reduction treaties. This function also includes the management and storage of nuclear materials that are returned to Y‑12 from other Department of Energy (DOE) sites, including DOE‑owned nuclear material from universities and other research facilities, both domestically and internationally. This work also includes the processing of enriched uranium for various applications, including enriched uranium processing and storage for DOE's Central Scrap Management Office.

• Nuclear Materials Management and Storage Program receives, stores, protects, dispositions, and manages strategic and special nuclear materials and provides programmatic planning, analysis, and forecasting for national security material requirements supporting the Stockpile Stewardship and other DOE programs.
• Nuclear Packaging System Program provides certified and economical packaging for transporting and storing weapon components and assemblies, radioactive materials, and other materials.