Columbus, Ohio
B & T Metals is located at 425 West Town Street on the southwest side of Columbus, Ohio. The buildings and property cover most of a city block. The site consists of three buildings: the main office, a storage building, and an extrusion building that did not exist at the time of the Manhattan Engineer District activities. The work performed for the MED occurred in the northwest corner of the main office building.
In February 1943, the Du Pont Company, acting as an agent of the Manhattan Engineer District, contracted with B & T Metals to extrude rods from uranium metal billets for the Hanford reactor. B & T Metals extruded an estimated 50 tons of uranium. A 1989 radiological assessment identified higher-than-normal concentrations of uranium in dust on building support beams; in several floor, sump and drain locations inside the main office building; and in several outdoor locations.
FUSRAP has reached the official half-way mark with the June 11, 1996 completion of the B&T Metals Site.
For environmental queries relating to this site, contact:
Samir Yebaile
OEPA/Central District Office
(614) 728-3827
Related Links:
US
Army Corps of Engineers
DOE's historical web site
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