Green Options » uranium milling http://greenoptions.com/tag/uranium-milling Posts tagged 'uranium milling' Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Uranium Cleanup in Ohio Costs the Taxpayer Billions http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/09/uranium-cleanup-in-ohio-costs-the-taxpayer-billions/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/09/uranium-cleanup-in-ohio-costs-the-taxpayer-billions/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:05:05 +0000 Max Lindberg http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/09/uranium-cleanup-in-ohio-costs-the-taxpayer-billions/

Just another reason why uranium isn’t the way to go, it costs the taxpayer way too much money for what he receives.

Take the former Fernald Feed Materials Production Center at Fernald, Ohio, that’s about 20 miles northwest of Cincinnati.  The former uranium processing site opened in complete secrecy during the Cold War in 1951.  The plant fabricated uranium fuel cores for the U.S. nuclear weapons production complex until 1989, when it shut the doors.

Releases from the plant exposed residents of the small community of Fernald to radon, soluble and insoluble forms of uranium and various chemicals, both in groundwater and from blowing dust.  The health consequences to residents and former workers are still being evaluated.

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