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Demolition changes Paducah skyline
The demolition of a former feed plant complex at Paducah site has dramatically changed the skyline of the former uranium enrichment site. The C-410/C-420 Feed Plant was built at the Kentucky site in 1956 to produce uranium hexafluoride (UF6) for enrichment, and stood in the centre of the gaseous diffusion enrichment plant. It operated until 1977, […]
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Emergency drill gets a little dose of reality
Hydrogen fluoride is nasty stuff, and so when a cleanup worker’s personal monitor for HF went off inside the K-27 facility on Tuesday it created a bit of a stir. The situation was complicated by the fact that an emergency-response drill was being staged nearby at the former uranium-enrichment site that’s now known as the […]
United States, Tennessee Nuclear Industry -
DOE Seeks contractor for depleted Uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) operations at OH and KY facilities
Cincinnati — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a contractor to perform Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Operations at the two DUF6 conversion facilities at Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky. A cost plus award fee contract with firm-fixed-price contract line items is anticipated. The total estimated value […]
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Union, environmental group say dozens of nuclear workers suffering from toxic materials exposure
Since March 2014, nearly 60 workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state have sought medical attention for on-the-job exposure to chemical vapors released by highly toxic waste stored at the site, some as recently as August. At a public meeting held Wednesday in Pasco, Washington, Hanford workers described symptoms that include chronic headaches, […]
United States, Washington State Nuclear Industry -
Cameco reports small non-radiological gas leak at Port Hope facility
PORT HOPE — Three employees of Cameco’s conversion facility received medical treatment but returned to work following a leak of “non-radiological” material on Nov. 26. The company said there was no impact to the public or the environment following the release of a small amount of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride gas inside the Port Hope conversion […]
Canada, Ontario Nuclear Industry -
JRC-IRMM releases series of uranium hexafluoride reference materials
JRC-IRMM re-characterised and issued new certificates for the entire series of uranium hexafluoride certified reference materials (IRMM-019 to IRMM-029). These CRMs represent a unique set of reference materials to be used in process control, nuclear material accountancy and safeguards verification measurements in enrichment plants. Enrichment is one of the proliferation sensitive stages of the nuclear […]
European Union Nuclear Industry -
Honeywell misclassified Illinois uranium plant leak, regulators say
Honeywell International Inc did not properly classify a uranium hexafluoride leak at its Metropolis, Illinois, plant last month, according to a U.S. regulatory event report on Thursday. According to the report, Honeywell should have classified the Oct. 26 incident as an “alert,” the less serious of two official emergency event designations by the U.S. Nuclear […]
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Reports differ on injuries at Metropolis nuclear plant following leakage of Uranium hexafluoride
Conflicting reports have circulated among Metropolis, Illinois, residents concerning the Sunday, Oct. 26, uranium hexafluoride leak at the Honeywell plant at about 7:35 p.m. Although a plant news release quickly stated that no injuries have been reported and the leak was contained to plant property, a resident told HNN Thursday night, Oct. 30, of leaving […]
United States, Illinois Nuclear Industry -
Uranium leak at Illinois plant prompts investigation
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is investigating a leak of uranium hexafluoride, UF6, at a uranium conversion facility in Illinois. Honeywell International Inc, the company operating the uranium plant in Metropolis, confirmed the leak on Sunday and said it was due to an equipment failure. NRC spokesman Roger Hannah said an inspector was dispatched […]
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The Trouble With That Noxious Haze At The Illinois Nuclear-Fuel Plant
The main threat from uranium hexafluoride, the gas that leaked at a Honeywell plant in Metropolis IL on Sunday night, does not derive from its radioactivity, but from its chemical toxicity, according to studies of people who have been exposed accidentally and animals who have been exposed intentionally. “The carcinogenic hazard from radiation exposure is […]
United States, Illinois Nuclear Industry