gaseous diffusion plant in a sentence
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- A study at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant found that rice rats accumulate more white-footed mice ( " Peromyscus leucopus " ).
- This is used in the production of uranium hexafluoride in Metropolis, Illinois for use at the gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, Kentucky.
- A department spokeswoman said Energy Secretary Bill Richardson would announce the proposal during a visit today to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
- Construction of the huge K-25 gaseous diffusion plant was well under way before a suitable barrier became available in quantity in 1944.
- The 14 workers sued the former private corporate operators of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, which refines uranium for use in nuclear reactors.
- By May 1946, studies suggested that the gaseous diffusion plants could fully enrich the uranium by themselves without accidentally creating a critical mass.
- Nuclear wastes and plutonium, which are even more dangerous than uranium, were mixed in with the uranium at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
- Richardson said he was committed to addressing the health and environmental concerns involving both the gaseous diffusion plants and worker exposure to beryllium.
- The department has acknowledged for years that the plants, especially the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, also processed uranium with some plutonium in it.
- The Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant was renamed the Oak Ridge K-25 Site in 1989, and the East Tennessee Technology Park in 1996.