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From Weapons to Wetlands
The Successful Cleanup of the Fernald Nuclear Site Introduction: Tell Me Your Vision The sounds were almost too soft to hear, but the message they carried was resounding. A few clicks on the computer keyboard, followed by 49 footsteps from one end of the small office complex to the other. And then it was done: a copyRead moreClosing the Circle of History
A History of the Fernald Site… Its Workers and Successful Cleanup. Chapter One: March 30, 1951 In the late 1940s, at the dawn of the Cold War, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) authorized construction of a single consolidated production facility to supply uranium feed material to the entire U.S. nuclear weapons complex. At that time,Read more