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"The most radio active town in America"
The Standard Chemical Company radium refining site. Uranium ore from this site was used in the Manhattan Project. The Canonsburg mill site was designated in the 1978 Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act as eligible for federal funds for clean up.Residual radioactivity was consolidated into a covered, clay-lined cell at the Canonsburg mill site, which is fenced and posted.
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| Date Uploaded: | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Location: | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Copyright: | © Robert McAdams |
| Categories: | Culture, Nature, Places |
| Assignments: | Show Me Your Wilderness |