[CPEO-MEF] BERYLLIUM, FORMER SITES: "Army Corps of Engineers tearing down former Brush Wellman buildings, " Luckey, OH

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Corps of Engineers tearing down former Brush Wellman buildings

NBC 24 News (Toledo, OH)
February 9, 2021

LUCKEY, Ohio — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo Districthas started removing buildings at the former Brush Wellman site to clear out contamination.

From 1949 to 1958, Brush operated as a beryllium production facility there while contracted to the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1951, it received roughly 1,000 tons of radioactive scrap steel for proposed magnesium production.

The site was labeled a Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site in 1992 for surface contamination caused by the beryllium presence.

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For the entire article, see
https://nbc24.com/news/local/army-corps-of-engineers-tearing-down-former-brush-wellman-buildings

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