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Torrington Company Information
Location Torrington, ConnecticutThe 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 Foundry. Type of Facility...
Sperry Products Information
Location Danbury, ConnecticutIn 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 Employer Covered by EEOICPA...
Seymour Specialty Wire Information
Location 15 Franklin Street Seymour, ConnecticutFrom 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 for natural uranium metal. After...
New England Lime Company Information
Location Canaan, ConnecticutIn 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 production system. The prill came from the...
Machlett Laboratories Information
Location Springdale, ConnecticutBeginning 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 assemblies in 1952 under an AEC...
Fenn Machinery Company Information
Location Hartford, ConnecticutFenn 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 conducted in June 1950. Alternative...
Dorr Corporation Information
Location 737 Canal Street Stamford, ConnecticutThe Dorr Corp. conducted waste handling tests on low-level radioactive material (ammonium diuranate). This work was done as a subcontractor to National Lead of Ohio (Fernald). National Lead personnel monitored the tests...
Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory Information
Location Middletown, ConnecticutCombustion Engineering (CE) sent shipments of uranium to Fernald between 1965 and 1972 for use in the nuclear weapons production process. It is because of these shipments that this site qualifies as an Atomic Weapons Employer for these...
Combustion Engineering Information
Location Prospect Hill Road Windsor, ConnecticutCombustion Engineering (CE) sent shipments of uranium to Fernald between 1965 and 1972 for use in the nuclear weapons production process. It is because of these shipments that this site qualifies as an Atomic Weapons...
Bridgeport Brass Company, Havens Laboratory Information
Location 30 Grand Street Bridgeport, ConnecticutBridgeport Brass, at the Havens Laboratory in Connecticut and in Adrian, Michigan, worked to improve the process for extruding uranium. Eventually this work was taken over by Reactive Metals, which operated the AEC/DOE...
Anaconda Company Information
Location 414 Meadow Street Waterbury, Connecticut In 1942, the American Brass Company produced the barriers used in the gaseous diffusion process. In the late 1950s, under contract to Nuclear Metals Inc., the company extruded copper-clad uranium billets into tubes at...
American Chain and Cable Information
Location Bridgeport, ConnecticutAmerican Chain and Cable worked under contract to the Du Pont Company to support the manufacture of uranium slugs during the Manhattan Project. In 1944, the company swaged (reduced the diameter) of uranium rods at its Bridgeport...