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EEOICPA Portsmouth
Piketon, Goodyear Atomic, DOE, DOL, Worker Health, WHPP, EPA, NIOSH, Documents
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon Ohio
Portsmouth is a DOE facility from 1952 to the present so workers are eligible to file Part B and Part E claims.
Portsmouth has a Special Exposure Cohort which covers all workers with specific cancers and at least 250 days of employment prior to February 1, 1992.
The U.S. began construction of Portsmouth in 1952 in order to expand the nation's gaseous diffusion program. The gaseous diffusion plants already operating in Oak Ridge, TN and Paducah, KY were not able to fulfill the nation's need for highly enriched and low-enriched uranium. Portsmouth was used for isotope separation. Beginning in 1954, Portsmouth produced highly enriched uranium to support nuclear weapons production and, later, for use by submarine, research, and test reactors. The high-enrichment portion of the diffusion cascade was shut down in 1991.
On July 1, 1993, the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC)*, a government-owned corporation formed under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, assumed control of the plant's production activities. USEC, which was fully privatized in 1998, continued to produce enriched uranium for commercial use at this location until May 11, 2001 when production ceased. During the period of USEC production, the DOE maintained responsibility for addressing the environmental legacy left by historic plant operations.
Subsequent to USEC ceasing production, the DOE contracted with USEC to maintain the plant in cold standby until the decision was made to return the plant entirely back under DOE control, which was completed by September 2011. The PORTS Decontamination and Decommissioning project began under contract with Fluor-B&W Portsmouth LLC in March 2011.
Throughout the course of its operations, the potential for beryllium exposure existed at this site
The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) is located about 70 miles south of Columbus, Ohio. Construction of the PGDP began in late 1952 to expand the US’s gaseous diffusion program already in place at Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Paducah, Kentucky. The facility was built to increase the production of enriched uranium for use in nuclear submarine reactors and low-enriched uranium was required for use commercial nuclear power plants. Since 1991, the plant has produced only low enriched uranium for commercial nuclear power plants. On July 1, 1993, the United States Enrichment Corporation, a government corporation formed under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, assumed operations of the production portion of the plant. DOE retained responsibility for environmental restoration and related waste management activities including environmental remediation efforts; environmental compliance; storage, treatment, and disposition of waste; and the decommissioning of inactive and surplus facilities. On June 21, 2000 USEC announced that the Portsmouth enrichment facilities would cease operations. On March 21, 2001 DOE Secretary Abraham announced that $125 million would be provided over 2 years to place the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in cold standby, winterize facilities onsite, perform uranium deposit removal and provide assistance to workers impacted by shutdown of enrichment operations. USEC started to place the Portsmouth facility in cold standby on April 6, 2001.
All operations at the Plant are covered under EEOICPA for the entire timeframe except for USEC operations from 7/28/1998 through May 2001. Rights and liabilities pertaining to USEC are governed by the USEC Privatization Act (P.L. 104-134, April 26, 1996). This includes regulatory oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of that portion of the plant while under USEC control. May 2001 represents the date that DOE began contracting with USEC to maintain the plant in cold standby..
Piketon Plant
Legacy Management has a Portsmouth page as well. DOE launched a Virtual Museum for Portsmouth.
Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC (March 2011 – present) (Deactivation/Decontamination & Decommissioning); USEC*(2001- Feb. 2011)(cold standby/shutdown)
Los Alamos Technical Associates and Parallax Portsmouth (LATA/LPP) (June 27, 2005 – September 30, 2009) (remediation)
Theta Pro2Serve Management Company (TPMC) (June 27, 2005–September 30, 2009) (remediation)
Theta Bechtel Jacobs company LLC (1998-June 27, 2005)(remediation)
Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. (1995-1998)
Martin Marietta Energy Systems (1986-1995); Goodyear Atomic Corporation (1954-1986)
Uranium Disposition Services (August 29, 2002–March 2011)
Babcock & Wilcox conversion Services, LLC (March 2011-present)
DOL lists Part B and Part E payment statistics for Portsmouth as well as a Portsmouth Site Exposure Matrix.
Ohio EPA has a Portsmouth webpage.
NIOSH provides dose reconstruction statistics for Portsmouth. NIOSH has Technical Basis Documents for Portsmouth. And an SEC was established by statute for Portsmouth for workers prior to February 1, 1992.
WHPP has The Sam Ray Medical Screening Program health screening program for Portsmouth workers.
The Exposed: Attorney Frank Gerlach lists Snags in US Aid to Ill Nuke Workers
The Exposed: Vina Colley, Sick Uranium Worker
The Portsmouth Project, Part 1
The Portsmouth Project, Part 2
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting Part 1 - September 6, 2012
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting Part 2 - September 6, 2012
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting - July 12, 2012
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting - June 7, 2012
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting Part 1- May 3, 2012
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting Part 2- May 3, 2012
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting Part 1- April 5, 2012
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting Part 2- April 5, 2012
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting Part 3- April 5, 2012
Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting Part 1- March 1, 2012
Wikipedia has an article on Portsmouth.
Portsmouth Issues
On May 19, 2011 during the NRC decommissioning process public meeting in Piketon, Ohio attorney Franklin Gerlach presented the DOE, NRC, and US Enrichment corporation with a statement and evidence of an alleged criminal conspiracy involving the injury of a worker at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Attorney Gerlach has also requested that Attorney General Holder investigate the issue.
On July 25, 2011 the Huntington News ran a story entitled Tangled Allegations by Atomic Workers in Portsmouth Allege Civil Liability, Criminal Conduct.
Portsmouth Documents
ANL-04-38 Biological Assessment of the Effects of Construction and Operation of A depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facility at the Portsmouth, Ohio Site
ANL-04-39 Wetland Assessment of the Effects of Construction and Operation of a Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facility at the Portsmouth, Ohio Site
BNL-51782 Approach to IAEA Material-Balance Verification with Intermittent Inspection at the Portsmouth Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant
CONF-321119-2 Approach to IAEA Verification of the Nuclear-Material Balance at the Portsmouth Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant (GCEP)
CONF-810554-2 Biological Reduction of Nitrate Wastewater using Fluidized-Bed Bioreactors
CONF-9310003 Local Drainage Analyses of the Paducah and Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plants during an Extreme Storm
CONF-95-0-08-38 Surfactant-Enhanced Aquifer Remediation at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
CONF-950787-80 Gamma-ray Imaging as a tool for Uranium Processing Plants
CONF-980733 Sealing of Process Valves for the HEU Down-blending Verification Experiment at Portsmouth
CONF-980733 Verification Experiment on the Down-blending of High Enriched Uranium (HEU) at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Digital Video Surveillance of the HEU Feed Stations
DOE-EA-0767 Construction and Operation of an Industrial Solid Waste Landfill at Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Piketon Ohio
DOE-EA-0855 Environmental Assessment for the Sale of Excess Lithium Hydroxide stored at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
DOE-EA-1122 Modification and Expansion of X-7725A Waste Accountability Facility for Storage of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Wastes at Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Piketon Ohio
DOE-EH-0EV-04P Environmental Survey Preliminary Report, Portsmouth Uranium Enrichment Complex, Piketon, Ohio
DOE-MC-29249-96-C0574 Electromagnetic Mixed Waste Processing System for Asbestos Decontamination
DOE-NV-25946-335 An Aerial Radiological Survey of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and Surrounding Area, Portsmouth, Ohio
DOE-OR-21929-T1 Review of Earthquake Hazard Assessments of Plant Sites at Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio
EGG-11265-1085 An Aerial Radiological Survey of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and Surrounding Area
ES-ER-TM-173 Gamma Radiological Surveys
GAT-252 Oxide Fluorination Tower
GAT-280 Uranium Hexafluoride-A Survey of the Physico-Chemical Properties
GAT-AC-15 Systems Approach used in the Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant
GAT-T-2953 Determination of Technetium-99 by Liquid Scintillation Counting
GAT-T-552-Rev. 1 Reactions of Molybdenum, Tungsten, and Uranium Hexafluorides with Nitrogen Compounds 1-Nitrous and Nitric Oxides
GAT-T-809 Reactions of Molybdenum, Tungsten, and Uranium Hexafluorides with Nitrogen Compounds 3-Nitrous and Nitric Oxides
GAT-T-970 Hexafluorides of Molybdenum, Tungsten and Uranium 2-Reactions with Liquid and Gaseous Dinitrogen Tetroxide
GAT-T-971 Hexafluorides of Molybdenum, Tungsten and Uranium 3-Reactions with Nitrogen Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxyhalides
LA-13557-MS IAEA Verification Experiment at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant-Report on the Cascade Header Enrichment Monitor
LA-UR-83-3381 Measurements of Uranium Holdup in an Operating Gaseous Diffusion Enrichment Plant
LA-UR-91-2468 Holdup Data Analysis for Portsmouth Building X705
ORNL-TM-13238 Portsmouth X300 Remote Assay Monitor System
ORNL-TM-13410 The X-625 Groundwater Treatment Facility A Field-Scale Test of Trichloroethylene Dechlorination using Iron Filings for the X-120-X-749 Groundwater Plume
ORNL-TM-13556 A Full-Scale Demonstration of in Situ Chemical Oxidation through Recirculation at the X-701B Site
ORO-725 Environmental Effects of the Construction and Operation of a Gaseous Diffusion Plant
POEF-2025 Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Environmental Report for 1989
POEF-2086 Investigation of Breached Depleted UF Sub 6 Cylinders
POEF-3050 Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Annual Site Environmental Report for 1993
POEF-3051 Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Annual Site Environmental Report Summary for 1993
POEF-3055 US Department of Energy Portsmouth Site Annual Environmental Report for 1994
POEF-3056 US Department of Energy Portsmouth Site. Annual Environmental Data for 1994
POEF-3057 US Department of Energy Portsmouth Site Annual Environmental Report Summary for 1994
POEF-ER-4542 Environmental Restoration Site-Specific Plan for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, FY 93
POEF-LMES-86 S Department of Energy Portsmouth. Annual Environmental Report Data for 1995
POEF-LMUS-111 Final Technology Status Report-Gas-Phase Decontamination Demonstration on PORTS Cell X-25-4-2
POEF-LMUS-14 Configuration Control Plan for the Ports NCS IBM RS-6000
POEF-LMUS-169 Inorganic Photo-catalytic Membranes for the Remediation of VOCs in Groundwater at the Portsmouth Site
POEF-LMUS-44 Estimated Critical Conditions for UF{sub 4}-Oil Systems in Fully Oil-Reflected Spherical Geometry
POEF-LMUS-69 Results of Ultrasonic Testing Evaluations on UF{sub 6} Storage Cylinders
POEF-LMUS-76 Quantitative Infrared Analysis of Hydrogen Fluoride
POEF-LMUS-85 Determination of The Response Function for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Criticality Accident Alarm System Neutron Detectors
POEF-LMUS-87 A Comparison of Attribute Sampling Plans
POEF-SH-12 Analysis of the Proposed Relocation of the Neutron Criticality Clusters in the Process Buildings for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
POEF-SH-19 Analysis of Criticality Alarm System Response to an Accidental Criticality Outside the Cascade Process Buildings at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
POEF-SH-20 Minimum Critical Masses for Uranium at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
POEF-SH-29 Evaluation of Coverage Of Enriched UF{sub 6} Cylinder Storage Lots by Existing Criticality Accident Alarms
POEF-SH-30 Nuclear Criticality Safety Calculational Analysis for Small-Diameter Containers
POEF-SH-31 Calculated In-Air Leakage Spectra and Power Levels for the ANSI Standard Minimum Accident of Concern Final report
POEF-SH-33 Validation of MCNP4a for highly enriched uranium using the Battelle process safety and risk management IBM RS-6000 workstation
POEF-SH-36 Nuclear Criticality Safety Aspects of Gaseous Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6) in the Diffusion Cascade
POEF-SH-43 Additional Nuclear Criticality Safely Calculations for Small-Diameter Containers
POEF-T-3536 Measurement of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Criticality Accident Alarm
POEF-T-3547 Statistical Analysis of Fluorimeter Operation
POEF-T-3636 Validation of Nuclear Criticality Safety Software and 27 Energy Group ENDF B-IV Cross Sections
POEF-T-3636 Rev. 1 Validation of Nuclear Criticality Safety Software and 27 Energy Group ENDF B-IV Cross Sections
POEF-TS-02 Review of corrosion in 10- and 14-ton mild steel depleted UF{sub 6} storage cylinders
SRNL-STI-2010-00176 Independent Technical Review of the X-740 Groundwater Remedy, Portsmouth, Ohio Technical Evaluation and Recommendations
UCRL-ID-114900 Introduction to the Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluation of Facility X-705, Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
UCRL-ID-115308 Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluation of Spray Booth Operations in X-705, Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
UCRL-ID-121163 Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluation of Large Cylinder Cleaning Operations in X-705, Portsmouth Gaseous diffusion Plant
US Department of Energy Portsmouth Annual Environmental Report for 1995
WHC-SA-1414-FP Rev. 1 Uranium Hexafluoride Packaging Tie-down Systems Overview at Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon, Ohio