Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)

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The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant was a major U.S. uranium enrichment facility in Ohio that played a key role in producing enriched uranium for nuclear weapons and commercial nuclear power during the Cold War.

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instanceOf United States Department of Energy facility
gaseous diffusion plant
uranium enrichment plant
adjacentFacility Portsmouth Nuclear Site
constructionStart 1952
country United States
decommissioningStatus under decontamination and decommissioning
employer thousands of workers at peak operation
endOfOperation 2001
environmentalIssue groundwater contamination
soil contamination
floorArea approximately 10 million square feet
gridConnection American Electric Power system
historicalPeriod Cold War
inception 1954
locatedIn Ohio
Pike County, Ohio
Piketon, Ohio
locatedNear Portsmouth, Ohio
Scioto River
locatedOn Portsmouth Reservation
managedBy Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth
numberOfProcessBuildings 3
operatedBy Goodyear Atomic Corporation
United States Enrichment Corporation
ownedBy United States Department of Energy
partOf U.S. uranium enrichment program
United States nuclear weapons complex
processBuilding X-326
X-330
X-333
regulatoryBody United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
securityClassification formerly classified operations
significantEvent Cold War uranium enrichment
startOfOperation 1954
status shutdown
successorFacility American Centrifuge Plant (planned)
superfundStatus federal cleanup site
technologyUsed gaseous diffusion
usedFor commercial nuclear power fuel production
nuclear weapons material production
production of enriched uranium

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Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant adjacentFacility Portsmouth Nuclear Site
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