- Fernald Feed Materials Production Center - Wikipedia
Fernald was a facility which refined uranium for the U S nuclear weapons production complex from 1951 to 1989 During that time, the plant produced 170,000 metric tons of metal products and 35,000 metric tons of compounds, such as uranium trioxide and uranium tetrafluoride
- Visit the Fernald Preserve Visitors Center | Department of Energy
The U S Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management’s Fernald Preserve, Ohio, Site is a regional destination for birdwatching, wildlife spotting, and hiking
- Fernald Site | Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
The site has gone by many names over the years, including Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald Environmental Management Project, and Fernald Closure Project, but is most often referred to as Fernald
- Fernald Preserve Before After
The Fernald Preserve is an example of how an industrial site can be restored with native trees, prairie grasses, and newly developed and enhanced wetlands that support and encourage wildlife habitat
- Fernald Closure Project | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - DNFSB
Fernald (Harrison, OH) - The Fernald Preserve is located on the site of the former Feed Materials Production Center, a uranium processing facility that produced high-purity uranium metal products as the first step in America’s nuclear weapons production cycle
- Fernald Preserve | Ohio, The Heart of It All
The 1,050-acre Fernald property has now come full circle The property’s natural features have been restored, including one of the largest man-made wetlands in Ohio, large tracts of open water, upland forests, a lengthy riparian corridor, and tallgrass prairies
- Fernald Uranium Plant Site | The Center for Land Use Interpretation
The Fernald Feed Material Production Center was the government's principal uranium processing facility, supplying material for the nuclear weapons program from 1951 to 1989 The site had nine plants within a heavily industrialized 136-acre complex, surrounded by a thousand-acre buffer zone
- The Atomic Lab Next Door - Cold War in the Heartland
When the uranium processed at Fernald was purified, it was sent to a laboratory in nearby Oxford, Ohio, to be turned into fuel “slugs” for nuclear reactors
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