Bridgeport Brass
Location
Hess Street
Adrian, Michigan
Starting on May 25, 1954, the Bridgeport Brass Company had a contract with the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to operate the extrusion plant designated here as the Adrian Facility, which was located at 1450 E. Beecher Street in Adrian, Michigan. Bridgeport Brass operated a special metals extrusion press and produced uranium fuel elements for the Hanford and Savannah River Plant reactors and developmental extrusion work on thorium and depleted natural and slightly enriched uranium at the Adrian Facility.
After termination of AEC activities in 1961, most of this plant’s functions were transferred to Reactive Metals, Inc. (RMI) in Ashtabula, Ohio. Bridgeport shipped one large extrusion press to RMI and all other equipment was dismantled and scrapped. Decontamination and closeout work was accomplished in 1962, after the presses had been removed to Ohio.
Although this site was designated as part of the Formerly Utilized Site Remediation Action Program (FUSRAP) in 1985, the only year in which remediation work took place, by or on behalf of the DOE, was 1995. The 1995 work was performed under the Bechtel National Inc. umbrella contract for DOE site environmental remediation.
Alternative Names
- Bridgeport Brass Company
- General Motors, Chevrolet Mfg. Division
- National Distillers and Chemical Corporation
- Martin
- Adrian Facility
Type of Facility
- Department of Energy
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B and Part E
EEOICPA Covered Years
- May 25, 1954-1962
- 1995 (remediation)
Did work for:
- Hanford
- Savannah River Site
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