Fernald Feed Materials Production Center

Owner : United States Department of Energy Managing Contractor: Nation Lead of Ohio, 1951-1986. Westinghouse, 1986-
Area of plant: 136 acres; total site area: 1,050 acres
Structure: 9 plants, 73 buildings Employees: 1,000
Principle product: Uranium metal forms: derbies, ingots, rods, and tubes for nuclear weapons factories

The Fernald facility is called a "feed materials production center" because it produces uranium materials which it feeds to the rest of the nuclear weapons complex. Fernald, 20 miles northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio. May 22, 1984.

Robert Del Tredici - At Work in the Fields of the Bomb