Stored thousands of drums of ore containing high levels of uranium and radium, 1940-42. Buildings later destroyed for a parking lot. Some radioactive contamination found in 1976. Records suggest limited potential for airborne radioactivity. Some decontamination work later done on equipment used in tests.
Records show high worker exposures to radioactive dust.
Federal cleanup ongoing. Industrial Park Property leased in 1943 as a disposal site for radioactive waste from nearby Linde plant. Government bought site a year later and subsequently sold it to Ashland. Widespread contamination identified in the 1970s. Federal cleanup ongoing.