Hematite
Festus, MO
Facility Data
Fuel Cycle Facilities
Fuel cycle plants at this site, as listed in the IAEA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Database: what each plant does, its scale and design capacity, the years it operated, its current status and who operates it.
1 facility: 1 decommissioning.
| Facility | Type | Scale | Design Capacity | Operated | Status | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hematite (ABB-CE) | Fuel Fabrication (U Pellet, Pin, FA) | Commercial | 450 t HM/year | 1986–2001 | Decommissioning | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Source: IAEA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Database (NFCFDB), as of 2026-10-13.
Working Here
Per Diem Rates FY 2027
Per diem covers lodging and meals & incidental expenses (M&IE) for government and contractor travel near this facility. Rates are from GSA for FY 2027.
$113
Lodging/Night
$68
M&IE/Day
$181
Total/Day
Standard Rate, MO
Unemployment Benefits MO
Maximum state unemployment insurance benefits for MO. Actual benefits depend on your earnings history and may be lower than the maximum. Data as of Jan 2026.
$320
Max Weekly
20
Max Weeks
$6,400
Max Total
7-day waiting period before benefits begin
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38.2085, -90.4757
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Plant Facts
About This Site
Written by NukeWorker from public records: facts that do not change. Operator, status and capacity come from the live data elsewhere on this page. Sources: Missouri DNR: Hematite Radioactive Site; Wikipedia: Hematite, Missouri; NRC: Hematite decommissioning document.
The Hematite site was a nuclear fuel fabrication plant at Hematite, in rural Jefferson County, Missouri.
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The first Special Nuclear Material license for the plant was issued to Mallinckrodt Chemical Works on June 18, 1956. From 1956 to 1974 the plant produced fuel for government programs including the U.S. Army and Navy, and from 1974 to 2001 it made low-enriched uranium fuel pellets for commercial reactors. Westinghouse became the owner in 2000 through its acquisition of Asea Brown Boveri and closed the plant in 2001. Cleanup of buried waste and contaminated soil was under way by 2012.