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Natural uranium can only be made critical by graphite or heavy water, so it can be stored almost anywhere, but obviously as it is valuable it would be stored in secure premises and in good dry conditions. Enriched uranium as used in power reactors can be made critical by normal water so storage should be somewhere that has been made secure against flooding.

Highly enriched uranium needs special arrangements as it can become critical simply by having too much too close together, and storing this type of uranium must be supervised by those who know the risks and how to avoid them.

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