Albany Research Center Location 1450 Queen Avenue, SW Albany, Oregon The Albany Research Center became part of the Department of Energy in 1995. In 2004 residual beryllium contamination associated with historic beryllium use at Albany Research Center was identified....
Kerr-McGee Location Crescent, Oklahoma Kerr-McGee processed uranium for the AEC as part of the nuclear weapons production process. The Recycled Uranium reports show material being shipped from Kerr-McGee to both Fernald and Savannah River.During the period of residual...
Eagle-Pitcher Industries Location Quapaw, Oklahoma Eagle-Picher’s Quapaw, Oklahoma plant machined beryllium-alloy parts for the Department of Energy’s Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during the 1980s and the 1990s. Type of Facility Beryllium...
Hallam Sodium Graphite Reactor Location Hallam, Nebraska The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) built and operated the Hallam Nuclear Power Facility in the 1960s. When the AEC retired this facility in 1971, the reactor core and most other radioactive materials were...
Salmon Nuclear Explosion Site Location Hattiesburg, Mississippi The Salmon Test Site was the location for two nuclear and two methane-oxygen gas explosion tests conducted deep underground in the Tatum Salt Dome. The tests were part of a program designed to detect,... 