July 20, 2010
Department of Labor Referred to Portion of Huntington Cold War Plant as “Nuclear”
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Let’s set the record straight: Huntington once had a plant that processed uranium contaminated with plutonium, neptunium and nickel carbonyl. Those components were used to make atomic bombs at three other plants in Portsmouth, Ohio; Paducah, Ky.; and Oakridge, Tenn.
Now, HNN has found a Department of Labor document that states that the Huntington plant had a “ nuclear” portion. These DOL documents appear to contradict others from NIOSH and CDC that refer to the plant on the property of then International Nickel as (interchangeably ) the Huntington Pilot Plant and the Reduction Pilot Plant.
The September 13, 2004 DOL Docket 5537-2004 states under “findings of fact” --- “You worked at the Huntington Pilot Plant in Huntington, WV, a covered DOE (Department of Energy) facility, from February 21, 1950 to May 1, 1996. You worked in the Reduction Pilot Plant, the covered NUCLEAR portion of the Huntington facility from September 22, 1958 to March 23, 1959.”
A second DOL decision listed as a significant case denied benefits to a worker who had worked at INCO but could not furnish evidence (such as copy of a security clearance, ID card, or other INCO employees). Under Findings of Fact, the DOL decision stated, “INCO confirmed that they have no record that you worked at the RPP, the covered nuclear portion of the facility.” The HPP was a Dept. of Energy contractor from 1951 to 1963 and 1979 to 1979. INCO was the DOE contractor at that facility from 1951 to 1963.
The plant was dismantled in 1978-1979 and buried in a “classified” section of the Portsmouth Diffusion Plant site in Piketon, Ohio.
(See: http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/Decisions/GenericDecisions/DecisionsRef/5537-2004--20040913.htm)
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Department of Labor Referred to Portion of Huntington Cold War Plant as “Nuclear”
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Let’s set the record straight: Huntington once had a plant that processed uranium contaminated with plutonium, neptunium and nickel carbonyl. Those components were used to make atomic bombs at three other plants in Portsmouth, Ohio; Paducah, Ky.; and Oakridge, Tenn.
Now, HNN has found a Department of Labor document that states that the Huntington plant had a “ nuclear” portion. These DOL documents appear to contradict others from NIOSH and CDC that refer to the plant on the property of then International Nickel as (interchangeably ) the Huntington Pilot Plant and the Reduction Pilot Plant.
The September 13, 2004 DOL Docket 5537-2004 states under “findings of fact” --- “You worked at the Huntington Pilot Plant in Huntington, WV, a covered DOE (Department of Energy) facility, from February 21, 1950 to May 1, 1996. You worked in the Reduction Pilot Plant, the covered NUCLEAR portion of the Huntington facility from September 22, 1958 to March 23, 1959.”
A second DOL decision listed as a significant case denied benefits to a worker who had worked at INCO but could not furnish evidence (such as copy of a security clearance, ID card, or other INCO employees). Under Findings of Fact, the DOL decision stated, “INCO confirmed that they have no record that you worked at the RPP, the covered nuclear portion of the facility.” The HPP was a Dept. of Energy contractor from 1951 to 1963 and 1979 to 1979. INCO was the DOE contractor at that facility from 1951 to 1963.
The plant was dismantled in 1978-1979 and buried in a “classified” section of the Portsmouth Diffusion Plant site in Piketon, Ohio.
(See: http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/Decisions/GenericDecisions/DecisionsRef/5537-2004--20040913.htm)
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