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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Predicate Object
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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United States nuclear weapons complex → includesFacility → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical) ⓘ
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant → sisterFacility → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
Fernald Feed Materials Production Center → alsoKnownAs → Fernald site ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant → adjacentFacility → Portsmouth Nuclear Site ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant → relatedTo → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
Portsmouth Reservation → hostsFacility → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
X-333 → partOf → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
X-333 → locatedIn → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
X-333 → partOf → Portsmouth Site nuclear complex ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
X-326 → partOf → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
X-326 → partOfComplex → Portsmouth uranium enrichment complex ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth → worksOnSite → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth → associatedWith → Portsmouth Site Decontamination and Decommissioning Project ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
American Centrifuge Plant (planned) → location → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
American Centrifuge Plant (planned) → associatedWith → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
Piketon, Ohio → hasNearbyFacility → Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
linked to: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)