Torrington Company Information Location Torrington, Connecticut The Torrington Company performed small-scale swaging experiments on uranium rods in the early 1950s. Torrington conducted this work for two companies: the Bridgeport Brass Company and American Machine and...
Sperry Products Information Location Danbury, Connecticut In 1952 and 1953, Sperry developed processes for testing and examining uranium plates for the Sylvania Corp., a major AEC contractor. Alternative Names PCC Technical Industries Type of Facility Atomic Weapons...
Seymour Specialty Wire Information Location 15 Franklin Street Seymour, Connecticut From 1962 to 1964, the Bridgeport Brass Company performed contract work at the Seymour site for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). This work involved developing an extrusion process...
New England Lime Company Information Location Canaan, Connecticut In 1963, the New England Lime Co. (NELCO) conducted tests on “prill,” a magnesium-uranium waste product, to determine the feasibility of recovering these materials for re-use in the nuclear weapons...
Machlett Laboratories Information Location Springdale, Connecticut Beginning in the 1940s, Machlett Laboratories worked with beryllium in its commercial business as a supplier of x-ray and electron vacuum tubes. Machlett produced a handful of brazed beryllium window...
Fenn Machinery Company Information Location Hartford, Connecticut Fenn conducted swaging tests on uranium rods to determine if the process could be used to produce properly shaped rods for Hanford’s production reactors. Two tests, each lasting less than one day, were... 