Toxic Secrets: Worker Hospitalized After Chemical Exposure at Piketon Atomic Plant

PIKETON, Ohio - On or around July 14, 2025, a worker at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio, suffered serious health injuries after being exposed to hydrofluoric acid (HF) — one of the most toxic and dangerous chemicals ever used in uranium processing.

The worker required emergency transport for medical treatment, underscoring the severity of the exposure.

We have confirmed that despite the seriousness of this incident:

• The Ohio EPA was not notified

• The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued no public report

• No public safety alerts were released

We reached out to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Piketon Project Management Team — they have not responded.
We contacted the Portsmouth Site-Specific Advisory Board — the community liaison board — no response.

The silence is deafening.

🧩 What They Don’t Want You to Know…

We obtained a written statement directly from the Ohio EPA, which admits:

“Ohio EPA was not notified and has no report of this incident. Under Ohio law, an incident is not required to be reported to Ohio EPA if the material did not leave the facility.”

That’s the loophole.
If a chemical exposure — even one that sends a worker to the hospital — stays “on site,” there’s no legal requirement for public disclosure in Ohio.

A worker’s life can hang in the balance… and the community may never know.

🔎 What We’ve Confirmed:

💥 No Ohio EPA report
💥 No NRC public report
📄 FOIA requests filed with OSHA, NRC, and the Department of Energy
🕵️‍♂️ Our investigation is active and ongoing

⚠️ Is This a Cover-Up — or a System Built to Keep You in the Dark?

We’re not saying this is an active conspiracy… but we’re not ruling it out either.

When federal agencies, site contractors, and oversight boards go silent after a life-threatening chemical exposure, the community has every right to ask questions.

At Ohio Atomic Press, we’re committed to getting answers.

Stay tuned.