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
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical)
surface form: 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
surface form: Great Miami River watershed
locatedNear Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio

Fernald, Ohio
managedByAfterCleanup United States Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management
officialName Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Feed Materials Production Center
operatedBy National Lead of Ohio
operatedFor United States Atomic Energy Commission
ownedBy U.S. Department of Energy
surface form: 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
U.S. Department of Energy
surface form: 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 (historical) officialName Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (historical) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center
this entity surface form: Feed Materials Production Center