[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Visit to Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (OH)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DOE officials to visit Piketon cleanup site

by Chris Balusik
Chillicothe Gazette (OH)
August 27, 2014

PIKETON - An awaited breakthrough in the effort to bridge a funding  
gap in cleanup work at the former gaseous diffusion plant in Piketon  
has been made – but whether it will mean anything has yet to be seen.

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman will welcome Mark Whitney, Department of Energy  
Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, and David  
Foster, a senior adviser to energy secretary Ernest Moniz, to Piketon  
Thursday to meet with local elected officials, union representatives  
and the board of the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative to  
discuss the future of the cleanup work. During the meetings, Portman  
is expecting an update on the Obama administration’s stance with  
regard to bridging a $110 million funding gap for the decontamination  
and decommissioning work on the former Cold War-era enrichment facility.

Continued funding for the project is a two-fold concern for area  
residents and officials. In the short-term, hundreds of jobs are at  
stake. In the longer term, use of the site for future economic  
development projects and job creation is not possible unless cleanup  
work is completed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2014/08/27/doe- 
officials-visit-piketon-cleanup-site/14691979/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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