Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, X-103 Auxiliary Office Building, 3930 U.S. Route 23 South, Piketon

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Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS), U.S. Route 23 South, Piketon vicinity, Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio The Auxiliary Office Building is located at Ohio State Plane South coordinates at easting ft, northing ft and at Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 17N easting m, northing m. The coordinate represents the approximate center of the Auxiliary Office Building. This coordinate was obtained on June 20, by plotting its location in EnviroInsite The accuracy of the coordinates is +/- 12 meters. The coordinate datum is North American Datum Date of Construction: Designer/Builder: Peter Kiewit Sons Construction Company Previous Owner: N/A

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The Atomic Energy Commission oversaw construction and operation of PORTS until when the Energy Research and Development Administration was established with responsibility for research and development duties from In the U.S. Department of Energy was established, overseeing operations at PORTS.

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The former Auxiliary Office Building was used to irradiate thermoluminescent dosimeters for calibration of onsite TLD readers. The building was also used for cleaning respirators. This building was part of PORTS, which was a part of the U.S. Cold War nuclear weapons complex. PORTS primary Cold War era mission was the production of highly enriched uranium by the gaseous diffusion process for defense/military purposes.

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Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc./Parallax Portsmouth, LLC photographed the site in June of Gray & Pape, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, served as the primary author of the historical narrative and resource descriptions drawing from numerous historical records and reports, drawings, photographs and plans. For additional contextual information, see Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, HAER no. OH-142. This Auxiliary Office HAER was completed in PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 2) Part I. Historical Information In support of this report, there are three appendices that are provided: Appendix A through C, which consist of survey photographs, historical photographs, and historical drawings, respectively.

Construction History of Auxiliary Office Building: The Auxiliary Office Building was one of the few prefabricated buildings at PORTS. In the early the Butler Manufacturing Company began selling prefabricated steel garages and grain bins in the Kansas City area. By the company was the first to sell prefabricated rigid frame buildings, something not thought possible to that point due to the stress calculations required for the rigid steel frame. By the Post-WWII era, the prefabricated steel structures had gained widespread acceptance due to their reliability and relatively low cost. Construction began on the Auxiliary Office Building in December when Peter Kiewit Sons Company and their subcontractors poured the foundations and the concrete slab floors.

The prefabricated building was placed on the foundations and the Goodyear Atomic Corporation occupied the building on June 22, (Appendix B, Figures 6 and 7). Originally intended for temporary use, the Auxiliary Office Building was modified slightly after its initial construction to serve as the respirator facility and later the Auxiliary Office Building. The Auxiliary Office Building was demolished in Historical drawings of building plans are included in Appendix C (Figures 8 through Part II. Site Information Description of the Auxiliary Office Building: The former Auxiliary Office Building was located near the center of the plant, just east of the Process Building.

Built in the Auxiliary Office Building was a steel-framed building manufactured by the Butler Manufacturing Company of Kansas City, Missouri (Appendix A, Figures 1 through 5). Erected by the Becket Erection Company, this utilitarian building measured approximately by 50' square feet). The Auxiliary Office Building initially functioned as a temporary garage. However, it was later converted into an administrative office building. The Auxiliary Office Building featured a concrete slab foundation, steel-framed walls clad in vertical steel siding, window openings with steel sash, and a front-gabled roof covered with metal roofing material. Four ventilators were equally spaced along the roof ridgeline.

The interior of the building consisted of small office spaces, storage spaces, and a vault space for storage of records. Interior partitions consisted of simple wood frame walls with gypsum board in office and storage areas, with a glazed metal partition separating the central corridor. A suspended ceiling ran the length of the interior space, providing an interior room height of The records vault was located in the northwest corner of the building and consisted of thick concrete block walls and smooth-finished poured concrete floors. PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 3) The building was significant for being the location where onsite TLD readers were calibrated by irradiating the with known radiological sources (DOE 2011a).

PORTS uses to measure gamma exposure as part of its human radiation protection program. When exposed to penetrating radiation, thermoluminescent materials in the absorb and store portions of the radiation energy. Then, when the material is heated during analysis procedures, the radiation energy absorbed is released as light and can be measured to estimate radiation exposure. Two radiological check sources used for instrument calibration were stored in the building's vault. PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 4) Part III. Sources of Information Department of Energy. The Role of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Cold War History. Piketon, OH: U.S. Department of Energy, Department of Energy.

Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Report for the Process Buildings and Complex Facilities Decontamination and Decommissioning Evaluation Project at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon, Ohio, DOE/PPPO/03-0245&D3, Piketon, OH: U.S. Department of Energy, Department of Energy. Removal Action Completion Report for the Auxiliary Office Building at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon, Ohio. Piketon, OH: U.S. Department of Energy, November Department of Energy. National Historic Preservation Act Section 110 Survey of Architectural Properties at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Scioto and Seal Townships, Piketon, Ohio, DOE/PPPO/03-0147&D1. Piketon, OH: U.S. Department of Energy, January Department of Energy.

Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis for Group 1 Buildings and at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon, Ohio. DOE/PPPO/03-0145&D2. Piketon, OH: U.S. Department of Energy, Giffels & Vallet, Inc. Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Portsmouth, Ohio, Project History and Completion Report (Redacted). Washington, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 5) Appendix A: Survey Photographs Figure 1: Location and Orientation of Exterior Photographs (2 through 5) PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No.

OH-142-I (Page 6) Figure 2: South Side of the Auxiliary Office Building, June Facing Northwest Figure 3: East Side of the Auxiliary Office Building, June Facing West PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 7) Figure 4: North Side of the Auxiliary Office Building, June Facing Southeast Figure 5: South Side of the Auxiliary Office Building, June Facing Northeast PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 8) Appendix B: Historical Photographs Figure 6: Looking Northwest at the Operations Control Headquarters, August 19, Figure 7: Looking Northwest at the Operations Control Headquarters, September 14, PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No.

OH-142-I (Page 9) Appendix C: Historical Drawings Figure 8: 1A Utilities Department Office Area, Architectural Layout, Sections and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 10) Figure 9: Building Uprating, Architectural Layout, Sections and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 11) Figure 10: Office Layout, Building Renovation PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 12) Figure 11: Building Uprating, Definition of Work Areas PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No.

OH-142-I (Page 13) Figure 12: Building Uprating, Parking Lot Layout, Sections and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 14) Figure 13: Building Uprating, 6" Diameter Firewater Line, Plan and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 15) Figure 14: Building Uprating, 4" and 6" Sanitary Sewer, Plan and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 16) Figure 15: Lighting Layout, Plan and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 17) Figure 16: Building Uprating, Architectural Layout, Sections and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No.

OH-142-I (Page 18) Figure 17: Utilities Department Office Area, Air Conditioning and Heating Schematic and Power Layout PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 19) Figure 18: Building Uprating, Power Layout, Sections and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 20) Figure 19: Utilities Building, Power Service, One Line Diagram PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 21) Figure 20: Building Uprating, Power Wiring and Control Schematics PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No.

OH-142-I (Page 22) Figure 21: Building Uprating, Air Conditioning and Heating Control Schematic PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 23) Figure 22: Radiation Source Storage, Alarm System, Plans and Schematics PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 24) Figure 23: Conduit and Tray Plan Network Installation PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 25) Figure 24: Telecommunications System, Fiber Upgrade, Fiber Terminations PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No.

OH-142-I (Page 26) Figure 25: Utilities Department Office Area, Service Piping Layout, Sections and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 27) Figure 26: Building Uprating, Service Piping, Sections and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 28) Figure 27: Utilities Department Office Area, Air Conditioning System, Plan, Elevation and Details PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, AUXILIARY OFFICE BUILDING HAER No. OH-142-I (Page 29) Figure 28: Building Uprating, A/C And Heating System, Sections and Details