The Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC) is a branch of the United States' Defense Logistics Agency, whose purpose it is to store, secure, and sell raw materials. The DNSC is based in Fort Belvoir and has operations throughout the United States. Materials they offer for sale include: aluminum oxide, beryllium, chromium, cobalt, diamonds, ferrochromium, ferromanganese, iodine, iridium, mica, niobium, platinum group metals, talc, tantalum, thorium, tin, tungsten and zinc.
Facilities
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The DNSC currently has facilities in, but not limited to:
- Baton Rouge Depot, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Binghamton Depot, Binghamton, New York
- Clearfield Depot, Clearfield, Utah
- Curtis Bay Depot, Curtis Bay, Maryland
- Gadsden Depot, Gadsden, Alabama
- Hammond Depot, Hammond, Indiana
- New Haven Depot, New Haven, Indiana
- Point Pleasant Depot, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
- Scotia Depot, Scotia, New York
- Sharonville Engineer Depot, Sharonville, Ohio
- Former Somerville Depot, Somerville, New Jersey 152 US Highway 206 South, Hillsborough, NJ 08844[1]
- Stockton Depot, Stockton, California
- Voorheesville Depot, Voorheesville, New York
- Warren Depot, Warren, Ohio
The DNSC formerly had a facility north of Binghamton, New York, in Fenton, New York. A stone spillway at that location was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[2]
References
edit- ^ Final Status Survey Plan DNSC, Somerville Depot, Hillsborough, NJ, February 2006 http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0607/ML060730417.pdf
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
External links
edit- Defense National Stockpile Center
- Defense National Stockpile Center at GlobalSecurity.org
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