Portsmouth Inactive Facility Removal

The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant performed a mission of uranium enrichment for national defense and commercial energy production lasting nearly 50 years. In May 2001, uranium enrichment operations through gaseous diffusion ceased at the plant.

Several site facilities were inactive for a number of years and were determined to be no longer needed for other, ongoing site missions. These facilities have been removed to reduce site risks and long-term surveillance and maintenance costs.

Under a remediation services contract to the U.S. Department of Energy, LATA/Parallax Portsmouth, LLC and teaming partner CDM have demolished a number of these. Fourteen inactive facilities were removed between February 2006 and March 2007. Two additional facilities were removed in 2008.

(Facilities............................................................Date Removed)

  1. X-230J-8 Environmental Storage Building...........Feb 22, 2006
  2. X-230J-1 Environmental Monitoring Station........Feb 23, 2006
  3. X-740 Waste Oil Storage Facility.........................Feb 28, 2006
  4. X-106B Old Fire Training Building........................Mar 16, 2006
  5. X-616 Liquid Effluent Control Facility...................Apr 4-14, 2006
  6. X-344E Gas Ventilation Stack..............................May 23, 2006
  7. X-344C Hydrogen Fluoride Storage Building........May 31, 2006
  8. X-344F Safety Building.........................................May 31, 2006
  9. X-342C HF Neutralization Pit...............................June 26-July 20, 2006
  10. X-701D Water Deionization Building....................July 21, 2006
  11. X-720A Maintenance and Stores Gas Manifold Shed.....Aug 2-17, 2006
  12. X-105 Electronic Maintenance Building.................Oct 2, 2006
  13. X-770 Mechanical Test Building............................Jan 31-Feb 7, 2007
  14. X-744 T/U Lithium Storage Warehouses..............Mar 25-July 24, 2008

 

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