Anaconda Company Information
Location
414 Meadow Street
Waterbury, Connecticut
In 1942, the American Brass Company produced the barriers used in the gaseous diffusion process. In the late 1950s, under contract to Nuclear Metals Inc., the company extruded copper-clad uranium billets into tubes at least two separate times for the Savannah River Site. While the original plans called for work on 500 billets, only around 50 were actually processed. The operations involved plating, heating, extruding, sawing, drilling, deburring, cleaning, testing, crating, and shipping. Work was conducted at the West Tube Mill. AEC Health and Safety Laboratory personnel visited the site in 1956 and 1959, and obtained air quality and surface radiation measurements during the later visit.
Alternative Names
- American Brass Company
- Fabric Metal Goods Plant and West Tube Mill
- Anamet, Incorporated
- Anaconda Co
Type of Facility
- Atomic Weapons Employer
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B
EEOICPA Covered Years
- 1942
- 1956-1959
Did work for:
- Nuclear Metals, Inc.
- Savannah River Site
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