General Steel Industries Information Location Granite City, Illinois From October 1952 through 1966, General Steel Castings/Industries performed quality control work for the AEC. Specifically, it x-rayed uranium ingots and betatron slices to detect metallurgical flaws...
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Information Location Batavia, Illinois The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab for short) got its started as the National Accelerator Laboratory, which marks the year that the first employees were hired. Its name was...
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation Information Location North Chicago, Illinois Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. performed beryllium work for the Manhattan Engineer District under Contract No. W-7425 eng-27 for the fabrication of beryllium into sintered shapes and for the...
ERA Tool and Engineering Information Location 4555 West Addison Street Chicago, Illinois From February 1944 through June 1944, ERA Tool and Engineering Company contracted with the University of Chicago to supply services and supplies to the Met Lab, specifically to...
Dow Chemical Corporation Information Location Madison, Illinois The Dow facility in Madison, Illinois, supplied the AEC with Magnesium-thorium sheets and plates, non radioactive equipment, metal products and other services. Dow received a purchase order from...
Crane Company Information Location 956 East 58th Street Chicago, Illinois Crane Co. supplied the Atomic Energy Commission with uranium and thorium in the 1940s (and perhaps in the 1950s) and likely used materials containing uranium in manufacturing valves for the AEC.... 