World / USA / Ohio / Piketon, 7 km from center Coordinates: 39°0'32"N   83°0'0"W
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant - American Centerfuge Site

Owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and leased and operated by the United States Enrichment Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of USEC Inc. This site has been used to enrich weapons grade fuel as well as fuel for commercial & military reactors. Currently the site is transitioning to a centerfuge technology and is continuing to enrich uranium from former soviet union nuclear warheads.
Category: nuclear industry uranium enrichment

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5 months ago Pedant   0
That's 'centrifuge'...
22 days ago   0
To Pedant: Wouldn't it make more sense to edit the description to correct the misspelling? Most of the tags on Wikimapia can be edited by anyone, including you.

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