Residents of US town near nuclear facility face alarming crisis: 'So many people are suffering'

Residents of US town near nuclear facility face alarming crisis: 'So many people are suffering'

Decades of radiation exposure for residents in Piketon, Ohio, appear to have brought devastating impacts to the town, home to the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Opened in the 1950s, the Piketon facility was responsible for enriching uranium, first for weaponry during the Cold War and later for commercial purposes, until it closed enrichment operations in 2001. Tragically for workers and those living nearby, exposure to uranium hexafluoride …

US research finds cancer mortality rate over 40% higher than the national rate and life expectancy almost a decade less than national average near nuclear facility comparable to Sellafield only miles from Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA In TCD (Ohio USA) yesterday: Residents of US town near nuclear facility face alarming crisis: ‘So many people are suffering’ “Our community shouldn’t be put at an increased risk.” https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/piketon-nuclear-plant-ohio-radiation-exposure/ Their report relies heavily on these comments in a UK Guardian piece on 23 September 2025: Reports have emerged that 10 tons of uranium were released …