[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, URANIUM: National Lead site, Colonie, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

High-Tech Storytelling: Story Mapping the Colonie, New York, Site

Office of Legacy Management

U.S. Department of Energy

MARCH 31, 2020

Story maps are interactive tools that combine maps with text, images, and multimedia content to convey a story about a topic, such as the history of an LM site or project. They are an effective medium for conveying information to nontechnical audiences in an organized and visually rich web-based environment.

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The Colonie story map reaches back into the nineteenth century. Manufacturing at the Colonie site began in 1870 and, over the years, the property would be home to a commercial wood operation and Magnus Metal Company, a manufacturer of bronze railroad components, before being purchased in 1937 by National Lead Industries (NL).

NL operated the property as a foundry and began creating aircraft-related aluminum castings after the end of World War II — all before becoming a part of the nation’s nuclear history in 1958 when the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) licensed the site.

NL processed depleted uranium and small amounts of thorium on the property, as well as process enriched uranium and manufacture fuel for experimental reactors. The plant primarily fabricated shielding components and ballast weights for aircraft and armor-piercing projectiles from depleted uranium.

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For the entire story map, see
https://www.energy.gov/lm/articles/high-tech-storytelling-story-mapping-colonie-new-york-site

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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