Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Portsmouth_Gaseous_Diffusion_Plant
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:industry
gptkb:uranium
gptkbp:area over 3,700 acres
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:U.S._Atomic_Energy_Commission
gptkbp:closed 2001
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1952
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentUse decontamination and decommissioning
gptkbp:employs thousands of workers at peak
gptkbp:enrichedUraniumFor civilian nuclear power
U.S. nuclear weapons program
gptkbp:environmentalCleanup ongoing
gptkbp:historicalSignificance part of U.S. nuclear weapons complex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:Superfund_National_Priorities_List
gptkbp:location gptkb:Piketon,_Ohio
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:American_Centrifuge_Plant
gptkbp:opened 1954
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Lockheed_Martin
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Energy
gptkb:Goodyear_Atomic_Corporation
gptkb:United_States_Enrichment_Corporation
gptkbp:purpose enrichment of uranium for nuclear fuel
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:technology gaseous diffusion
gptkbp:website gptkb:PORTS
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:K-25_gaseous_diffusion_plant
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4