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  2. Fernald Feed Materials Production Center - Wikipedia

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    Here uranium values were recovered from feed materials (i.e., ores, concentrates and residues) and were converted to concentrated uranium trioxide, also called orange salt. In addition to uranium, the Refinery was capable of extracting and purifying a number of different materials.

  3. Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant - Wikipedia

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    Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant is a facility located in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio, just south of Piketon, Ohio, that previously produced enriched uranium, including highly enriched weapons-grade uranium, for the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the U.S. nuclear weapons program and Navy nuclear propulsion; in later years, it produced low-enriched uranium for fuel for ...

  4. National Veterans Memorial and Museum - Wikipedia

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    The former Franklin County Veterans Memorial in 2005. The current museum occupies the same location. The site along the west side of the Scioto River near the Discovery Bridge on Broad Street was originally home to the Franklin County Veterans Memorial, [2] which originally opened in 1955 [3] and was demolished to make way for the museum in early 2015, [4] by S.G. Loewendick & Sons. [5]

  5. When fired, depleted uranium becomes ‘essentially an exotic metal dart fired at extraordinarily high speed’

  6. The Weird and Wonderful World of Radioactive Glassware ... - AOL

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    According to The Glass Museum, the glow-in-the dark glassware is believed to have been invented by glassmaker Josef Riedel, who used uranium to color glassware in his factory in Bohemia in the mid ...

  7. Depleted uranium - Wikipedia

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    Natural uranium contains about 0.72% 235 U. Depleted uranium has lower mass fractions—up to three times less—of 235 U and 234 U than natural uranium. Since 238 U has a much longer half-life than the lighter isotopes, DU is about 40% less radioactive than natural uranium.

  8. List of museums in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Ohio is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  9. Uranium enrichment starting at federally supported ... - AOL

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    Uranium enrichment is getting underway this week at a facility in southern Ohio, a federally authorized demonstration project considered critical to produce the type of fuel needed for newer, more ...