Dayton Daily News investigation found #contamination, sick workers at #PiketonOhio plant

By Lynn Hulsey
May 15, 2019

"A polluted former #UraniumEnrichment plant in #Piketon closed years ago but it's impact continues to resonate through the community, including this week when a #MiddleSchool was closed after traces of radioactive #neptunium were found at an air monitoring station at the school.

"Contamination with radiation and multiple toxic substances at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant led to an ongoing, multibillion dollar environmental cleanup and sickened plant workers who had to fight for compensation as they battled debilitating terminal illnesses related to their years at the plant.

"A massive 2006 investigation by the Dayton Daily News found five plumes of poisoned #groundwater, contamination with radiation, #beryllium, polychlorinated biphenyls (#PCBs) and #asbestos.

"The investigation found lax safety practices, routine mishandling of toxic and #radioactive material and at least 400 accidental releases of #UraniumGas or toxic fluorine. Toxins were dumped into unlined #landfills and ditches and leached into #groundwater and the Little #BeaverCreek, a tributary of the #SciotoRiver.

"The plant was operated by the federal government and contractors from 1954 to 2001 and enriched uranium to high levels for #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearSubmarines and to lower levels for #nuclearpowerplants.

Read more:
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/state--regional/2006-investigation-found-contamination-sick-workers-piketon-plant/AZkEGlITaQEu97Sb91duGN/

The media gives Trump time to throw up excuses over and over without cutting them down in advance. I’d like to ask the experts on tonight talking about Trump's blabbing nuclear sub details to explain to the public, “What are the forces that are HELPING Trump stay out of jail for this? What can we do to bust them? What will be the next lame excuse floated and how do we destroy it BEFORE it is used?”
#Secrets #NuclearSubmarines #NationalSecurity
https://digbysblog.net/2023/10/06/destroy-trumps-old-excuses-instantly-then-preemptively-destroy-his-new-ones-spockomastodon-online/

JFC

#Trump allegedly discussed #US #NuclearSubs with foreign national after leaving White House

Months after leaving the WH, Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive info about US #NuclearSubmarines w/ a member of his #MarALago Club -- an Australian billionaire who then allegedly shared the info w/ scores of others, including more than a dozen #ForeignOfficials, several of his own employees, & a handful of journalists….

https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-white-house-trump-allegedly-discussed-potentially-sensitive/story?id=103760456

"Multiple sources said they believed the UK had succeeded in its bid to sell British-designed nuclear submarines to Australia, a deal that will safeguard the long-term future of the shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness."

#UK to unveil #NuclearSubmarines deal with #Australia, sources say | #Aukus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/08/uk-to-unveil-nuclear-submarines-deal-with-australia-sources-say

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