1.2 Billion Atom Plant Site
Selected In Southern Ohio
Article taken from The Herald Press, St. Joseph, Michigan, August 12, 1952
Washington, Aug. 12 (AP)--The atomic energy commission will
build a new $1,200,000,000 plant in southern Ohio, Rep. Elston (R-Ohio) said
today. The plant will produce uranium-235, a key atomic substance. An aide
to Elston told a reporter the new gaseous diffuion plant will be located
on a 6,500 tract in a sparsely-settled area of Pike county, about 18 or 20
miles north of Portsmouth. It had been said previously that a new plant would
be located somewhere in the Ohio valley. The plant site will lie between
Piketon and Wakefield on the Scioto river. Some 50 families will be relocated.
The new plant is considered important in the AFC's big expansion program
for which the recent congress vote funds. AEC has said between 4,000 and
5,000 persons will be employed at the ohio plant, which will be completed
in three or four years. Some 34,000 workers will be needed on the construction
job.
Waverly, O., Aug. 13 (AP)--Pike county, o., Still numb from the news a billion-dollar atom plant will be built among its hills, looked around today for housing and other needs for some 35,000 workers. Part of the problem also confronted Scioto county, whose county seat, Portsmouth, is 22 miles south of the site of the plant that will extract uranium 235 from uranium ore. the atomic energy commission in Washington announced yesterday that the 1.2 billion dollar plant would be erected a few miles south of here.
House Problem in Ohio Valley
Article taken from The Walla Walla Union Bulletin, August 19, 1952
Federal agencies wheeled into position Tuesday to help handle problems expected to arise from construction of a mammoth new atomic energy plant in Southern Ohio.
One of the biggest of these problems will be housing the horde of workers who will build the sprawling $1,200,000,000 U-235 production plant in Pike County along the Scioto River.
The government was expected to announce some time this week assignment of temporary housing --possibly trailers-- to the sparsely settled area around the plant site.
The Atomic Energy Commission has said about 30,000 workers will be needed during the peak of construction, with about 17,000 on the job during most of the four-year building period.