Fernald uranium plant

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The Fernald uranium plant was a U.S. Department of Energy facility near Cincinnati, Ohio, that processed uranium for nuclear weapons production and later became a major environmental cleanup site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Superfund site ⓘ
environmental cleanup site ⓘ
former U.S. Department of Energy facility ⓘ
nuclear weapons production facility ⓘ
uranium processing plant ⓘ
addedToSuperfundNPL 1989 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
Fernald Feed Materials Production Center ⓘ
area approximately 1,050 acres ⓘ
cleanupCompleted 2006 ⓘ
cleanupCost approximately 4.4 billion U.S. dollars ⓘ
cleanupProgram DOE Office of Environmental Management ⓘ
cleanupStrategy demolition of contaminated buildings ⓘ
groundwater pump-and-treat system ⓘ
on-site disposal facility construction ⓘ
soil excavation and disposal ⓘ
constructionBegan 1951 ⓘ
contaminant PCBs ⓘ
asbestos ⓘ
radium ⓘ
radon ⓘ
thorium ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decommissioningBegan 1991 ⓘ
environmentalImpact airborne radioactive releases ⓘ
groundwater contamination ⓘ
soil contamination ⓘ
healthConcern elevated cancer risk in nearby residents ⓘ
legalOutcome class-action settlement with local residents ⓘ
locatedIn Hamilton County, Ohio ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
locatedNear Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management ⓘ
nearbyCommunity Fernald, Ohio ⓘ
Ross Township, Ohio ⓘ
operatedBy National Lead of Ohio ⓘ
operationsBegan 1951 ⓘ
operationsEnded 1989 ⓘ
ownedBy U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
postCleanupUse Fernald Preserve ⓘ
environmental education center ⓘ
nature preserve ⓘ
primaryFunction processing uranium ore concentrates ⓘ
producing high-purity uranium metal ⓘ
producing uranium feed materials for nuclear weapons ⓘ
regulatoryDesignation U.S. EPA Superfund site ⓘ
suppliedTo U.S. nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
wasteDisposition off-site shipment to licensed disposal facilities ⓘ
on-site engineered disposal cell ⓘ

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Fernald Feed Materials Production Center → alsoKnownAs → Fernald uranium plant ⓘ
National Lead of Ohio → associatedWithSite → Fernald site ⓘ
linked to: Fernald uranium plant