RW LeBlond
RW LeBlond is an AWE facility for 1961 so workers are eligible to file Part B claims.
National Lead Company of Ohio (Fernald)
contracted with Leblond Machine for the purchase of a rapid
boring machine. In 1961, acceptances tests, using 17 tons of
natural uranium, were conducted at Leblond Machine.
National Lead Company of Ohio (Fernald) contracted with
LeBlond Machine, Cincinnati, Ohio, for the purchase of a
rapid boring machine. In 1961, acceptances tests, using 17
tons of natural uranium, were conducted at LeBlond Machine.
It is not clear on the exact quantity of uranium that was
used during the first test; however, there are references to
fourteen 7-inch x 21-inch billets being successfully
drilled. For the second test, documentation exists to
support 60,000 pounds of uranium metal being shipped to the
R.W. LeBlond Machine Tool Co. for the test. At the
conclusion of each test, there is documentation to support
decontamination of equipment, and a return of all metal,
machining chips, fines, turnings and decontamination
equipment to the FMPC. The cutting oil used in the process
was released to LeBlond after analysis showed that the
uranium contamination was 2.4 mg/liter.
DOE
Doe Legacy Management has a webpage on LeBlond Machine Tool.
DOL
DOL lists LeBlond Part B compensation statistics. To date no claims have been paid.
NIOSH
NIOSH provides dose reconstruction statistics for RW LeBlond.
Other
The Wall Street Journal Waste Lands series provides information on RW LeBlond.
RW LeBlond Machine Documents
