/tags/piketon Piketon en-US Copyright Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:35:00 GMT /2024-04-17/piketon-stopped-enriching-uranium-twenty-years-ago-now-the-nuclear-industry-is-coming-back The U.S. Department of Energy has spent over a decade cleaning up the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Now, the site is getting new tenants. Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:35:00 GMT /2024-04-17/piketon-stopped-enriching-uranium-twenty-years-ago-now-the-nuclear-industry-is-coming-back Erin Gottsacker /2022-06-22/local-officials-are-cautiously-optimistic-about-a-proposed-hydrogen-plant-in-pike-county A proposed hydrogen plant in Piketon, Ohio is gaining steam. A Texas-based energy company plans to build on the site of a former uranium enrichment facility. While local leaders support the project, they hope it is not an empty promise and it’s safe for workers and neighbors. Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMT /2022-06-22/local-officials-are-cautiously-optimistic-about-a-proposed-hydrogen-plant-in-pike-county Tyler Thompson /news/2019-10-22/parts-of-pike-county-to-be-tested-for-radiological-contaminants A private company will test schools and homes near a former uranium enrichment plant in Ohio for radiological contaminants after trace amounts of enriched… Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:25:21 GMT /news/2019-10-22/parts-of-pike-county-to-be-tested-for-radiological-contaminants Associated Press /news/2019-07-26/energy-department-no-elevated-radioactivity-at-piketon-school The U.S. Department of Energy says it found no radioactive contamination in samples taken at a Piketon middle school in May, but local officials remain… Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:47:10 GMT /news/2019-07-26/energy-department-no-elevated-radioactivity-at-piketon-school Nick Evans /news/2019-05-29/energy-department-conducts-more-radiation-testing-at-closed-piketon-middle-school U.S. Department of Energy officials spent last weekend at the Piketon middle school that was shuttered this month over radiation concerns.The team… Wed, 29 May 2019 11:10:32 GMT /news/2019-05-29/energy-department-conducts-more-radiation-testing-at-closed-piketon-middle-school Nick Houser /news/2019-05-24/piketon-will-keep-middle-school-closed-after-radiation-scare Students at a Piketon middle school that closed over radiation concerns will attend classes elsewhere next fall.A letter from Scioto Valley Local Schools… Fri, 24 May 2019 17:36:37 GMT /news/2019-05-24/piketon-will-keep-middle-school-closed-after-radiation-scare Steve Brown /news/2019-05-23/despite-energy-department-outreach-radiation-fears-remain-in-piketon In Waverly, a YMCA gym is lined with poster boards set up on easels. Glen Broughton stands in the middle, looking over a huge three-dimensional map of the… Thu, 23 May 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/2019-05-23/despite-energy-department-outreach-radiation-fears-remain-in-piketon Nick Evans /news/2019-05-22/energy-secretary-orders-data-released-near-piketon-uranium-plant U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has ordered his agency to release more than four years' worth of data from air monitors near Zahn's Corner Middle School… Wed, 22 May 2019 11:39:16 GMT /news/2019-05-22/energy-secretary-orders-data-released-near-piketon-uranium-plant Associated Press /news/2019-05-16/former-portsmouth-lead-scientist-criticizes-federal-response-to-radiation The U.S. Department of Energy recently revealed that radioactive materials turned up in air testing results in Piketon from 2017-18, leading to the… Thu, 16 May 2019 19:44:17 GMT /news/2019-05-16/former-portsmouth-lead-scientist-criticizes-federal-response-to-radiation Nick Evans /news/2019-05-15/piketon-radiation-scare-prompts-call-for-cancer-study Radiation concerns have closed a school in southern Ohio despite federal officials’ insistence that the amount of detected materials aren’t a public… Wed, 15 May 2019 20:01:29 GMT /news/2019-05-15/piketon-radiation-scare-prompts-call-for-cancer-study Nick Evans