June 10, 2010
DOE's Huntington Pilot Plant Documents to be Declassified
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Although the contents of the two documents are not yet revealed, the US Department of Energy and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) have retrieved data on the Huntington Pilot Plant (HPP) from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory vault.
The US Department of Energy operated the Huntington Pilot Plant on the same ground as International Nickel (INCO) in Huntington from the mid-50s until the early 60s performing various activities in conjunction with one or more of the DOE’s gaseous diffusion plants in Portsmouth (Ohio), Oak Ridge (Tennessee) and Pad (Ky). After remaining in a state of readiness until 1978, the DOE ordered that the plant be demolished. By 1979, all but the ground floor of the plant (now used as a Waste Water Treatment facility by INCO’s successor, Special Metals), were demolished and buried in a classified and secret ditch at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio, including even the railroad cars and trucks used to transport the debris.
Based on their exposure to such radioactive contaminants as uranium, nickel, plutonium and other metals, workers at the former DOE plant are eligible for compensation.
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) website, the material was found in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) during a “data capture trip” by representatives of NIOSH. As of April 20, 2010, the site reported, “They [the classified DOE-HPP documents] are in the process of being declassified.”
For further details, click: http://origin2.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas/ocasdoe.html
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DOE's Huntington Pilot Plant Documents to be Declassified
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Although the contents of the two documents are not yet revealed, the US Department of Energy and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) have retrieved data on the Huntington Pilot Plant (HPP) from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory vault.
The US Department of Energy operated the Huntington Pilot Plant on the same ground as International Nickel (INCO) in Huntington from the mid-50s until the early 60s performing various activities in conjunction with one or more of the DOE’s gaseous diffusion plants in Portsmouth (Ohio), Oak Ridge (Tennessee) and Pad (Ky). After remaining in a state of readiness until 1978, the DOE ordered that the plant be demolished. By 1979, all but the ground floor of the plant (now used as a Waste Water Treatment facility by INCO’s successor, Special Metals), were demolished and buried in a classified and secret ditch at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio, including even the railroad cars and trucks used to transport the debris.
Based on their exposure to such radioactive contaminants as uranium, nickel, plutonium and other metals, workers at the former DOE plant are eligible for compensation.
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) website, the material was found in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) during a “data capture trip” by representatives of NIOSH. As of April 20, 2010, the site reported, “They [the classified DOE-HPP documents] are in the process of being declassified.”
For further details, click: http://origin2.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas/ocasdoe.html
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