Kansas City Plant Location Kansas City, Missouri The Kansas City Plant was constructed in 1942 to build aircraft engines for the Navy. After World War II, it was used for storage. In 1949, the AEC asked the Bendix Corporation to take over part of the facility and it...
Vulcan Tool Location 730 Lorain Avenue Dayton, Ohio At the request of National Lead Company of Ohio (Fernald), Vulcan Tool Company conducted experiments involving the cutting of normal uranium slugs and tubes on a Brehm cutter in October 1959. Type of Facility Atomic...
Tocco Induction Heating Location 3800 Harvard Avenue Cleveland, Ohio Tocco had a contract with National Lead of Ohio (Fernald) to develop induction heating coil equipment for heating uranium fuel cores. Tocco performed operational tests of these units at its Ohio...
Tech-Art Location Milford, Ohio In 1952, National Lead Company of Ohio (Fernald) used Tech-Art to grind inserts as part of a study of Firth Sterling HF carbide profile inserts in conjunction with the machining development program. Additional documentation shows that...
R.W. Leblond Machine Tool Location Madison and Edwards Roads Cincinnati, Ohio 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... 