Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical)

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The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center was a Cold War–era U.S. Department of Energy facility in Ohio that processed uranium for nuclear weapons and later became a major environmental cleanup and remediation site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Superfund site ⓘ
United States Department of Energy facility ⓘ
uranium processing plant ⓘ
alsoKnownAs FMPC ⓘ
Fernald site ⓘ
Fernald uranium plant ⓘ
area approximately 1,050 acres ⓘ
associatedHazard chemical waste ⓘ
radon and decay products ⓘ
uranium dust exposure ⓘ
cleanupCompletionDate 2006 ⓘ
cleanupProgram DOE Environmental Management program ⓘ
cleanupStatus completed ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1951 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
decommissioningEndDate 2006 ⓘ
decommissioningStartDate late 1980s ⓘ
endOfOperations 1989 ⓘ
environmentalIssue groundwater contamination ⓘ
radioactive contamination ⓘ
soil contamination ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
inception 1951 ⓘ
locatedIn Hamilton County, Ohio ⓘ
locatedInBasin Great Miami River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Great Miami River
locatedNear Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ
Fernald, Ohio ⓘ
managedByAfterCleanup United States Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management ⓘ
officialName Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
operatedBy National Lead of Ohio ⓘ
operatedFor United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
ownedBy United States Department of Energy ⓘ
postCleanupUse Fernald Preserve ⓘ
environmental education center ⓘ
nature preserve ⓘ
primaryFunction uranium feed materials processing ⓘ
uranium metal production ⓘ
producedForProgram United States nuclear weapons program ⓘ
producedMaterial uranium metal ingots ⓘ
uranium oxide ⓘ
uranium tetrafluoride ⓘ
regulatoryDesignation U.S. EPA Superfund site ⓘ
startOfOperations 1951 ⓘ
supervisedBy United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
United States Department of Energy ⓘ

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United States nuclear weapons complex → includesFacility → Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical) ⓘ
Fernald Feed Materials Production Center → officialName → Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
linked to: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical)
National Lead of Ohio → operated → Fernald Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
linked to: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical)
FMPC → standsFor → Fernald Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
linked to: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical)
Fernald Preserve → formerlyKnownAs → Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
linked to: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical)
Fernald uranium plant → alsoKnownAs → Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
linked to: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical)
Fernald uranium plant → alsoKnownAs → Fernald Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
linked to: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical)
Fernald, Ohio → hasFacility → Fernald Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
linked to: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical)