"There have long been environmental concerns about the #Piketon site, which the federal government and private contractors operated from 1954 to 2001 to enrich #uranium for #NuclearWeapons and, later, for nuclear power plant fuel.

"In 2019, a nearby middle school was closed after a report was released revealing that previous testing at the school found traces of #neptunium, a #radioactive #carcinogen, according to the Dayton Daily News. In 2006, the Daily News found poisoned #groundwater, radioactive contamination, hundreds of accidental releases of #uranium gas or toxic fluorine, and other toxins that leached from unlined landfills and ditches into groundwater and a nearby creek."

#NoNukes #NoWar #WaterIsLife #NoNewNukes

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