Reactive Metals Location East 21st Street Ashtabula, Ohio The Ashtabula site(formerly known as Reactive Metals, Inc.) opened in 1962 and ended production in 1988. During this time, the site received uranium for processing under contract to the U.S. Department of...
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Location 3930 US Route 23, Piketon, Ohio The U.S. began construction of Portsmouth in 1952 in order to expand the nation’s gaseous diffusion program. The gaseous diffusion plants already operating in Oak Ridge, TN and Paducah,...
Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor Location Piqua, Ohio From 1963 to 1966, the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility was operated as a demonstration project by the City of Piqua. The facility contained a 45.5-megawatt (thermal) organically cooled and moderated reactor. In 1966,...
Mound Laboratory Location 500 Vantage Point Miamisburg, Ohio In 1943, the Manhattan Engineer District began the Dayton Project to investigate the chemistry and metallurgy of polonium. From 1943 to 1948, this work was performed at several locations throughout Dayton,...
Mitchell Steel Location Cincinnati, Ohio In 1954, Mitchell Steel Company may have participated in the machining of a sample lot of four hollow extrusion uranium billets from ingots for National Lead of Ohio (Fernald). It is unclear whether Mitchell conducted the... 