ESTABLISHING A CRM DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT Y-12: ENSURING A SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY OF NUCLEAR REFERENCE MATERIAL

Year
2017
Author(s)
Lloyd J. Jollay - Y-12 National Security Complex
Todd Hawk - Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX
P. Mason - NBL Program Office
Abstract
With the reorganization of New Brunswick Laboratory, the nation’s primary supplier of nuclearreference materials, the former facility housing the inventory is in the process of being cleaned out.An alternative site to serve as the storage and distribution center of these vital materials has beenselected and is in development in cooperation with CNS at the Y12 site. The new facility willensure the supply of nuclear reference materials for analytical reference purposes. This paper willdiscuss the development and status of the new storage and distribution facility, with stand-upplanned for Fall 2017.