The Cold War is a fading memory and nuclear weapons production in the
Alle-Kiski Valley ended decades ago. But the remnants of that production
- involving radioactive plutonium - still lie just beneath the surface
of 14 acres in Parks, Armstrong County. The site remains uncontained, on
top of an abandoned coal mine and close to the Kiskiminetas River.
The Valley News Dispatch has spent a year reviewing thousands of
documents - many newly declassified - concerning the site and talking to
the people whose lives have been unalterably changed by the defunct
company known as NUMEC.
Corps: So far, 'no surprises' at Parks waste site
The Army Corps of Engineers is sampling the extent of contamination at a nuclear waste dump along Route 66 that is owned by the Atlantic Richfield Co. and BWX Technologies. (2003-11-03) Nuclear site unites Apollo area
The same government officials and environmental activists who wanted to pitch each other's viewpoints in a 55-gallon drum and bury it in the nuclear waste site in Parks Township -- over arguments about environmental hazards from a former nuclear fuel plant -- are working together.
(2003-05-27) Former Westinghouse workers qualify for nuclear payment
One division of the former Westinghouse Government Services Co. in Cheswick has been added to the list of eligible sites for a federal entitlement program that compensates nuclear workers who developed cancer and other diseases due to radiation exposure. (2003-01-15) Review finds overexposure to radiation
Some former nuclear fuel-processing plant workers were exposed to radiation from dozens to hundreds times the health standards in place during operations in Apollo and Parks, according to a preliminary review. (2002-09-16) Rally tries to get residents to press for reparations
Nuclear clean-up advocate Patty Ameno rallied residents Thursday night, trying to drum up support for a campaign to get $1.5 billion in reparations for communities suffering the effects of nuclear contamination.
(2002-09-06) Activist seeks $1.5 billion in reparations for Kiski towns
An environmental activist is pushing for $1.5 billion in reparations from Congress to pay back Kiski Valley communities that have suffered from faulty government oversight of the nuclear industry.
(2002-09-04) B U R I E D L E G A C Y - D A Y F O U R
NUMEC used Apollo, Parks as guinea pigs
If you lived near the former NUMEC nuclear fuel plants in Apollo and Parks in the 1960s, you were part of studies to determine how much nuclear fallout was safe for humans.
(2002-08-28) Employees seeking special designation
 | Government officials are taking a special look at NUMEC workers to see if they're eligible for special status to receive $150,000 lump sum and medical benefits, without any hassle.
(2002-08-28) | NUMEC made significant advancements
Zalman M. Shapiro, 82, of Pittsburgh, founder and president of Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. in Apollo and Parks, is a pioneer in the nuclear industry.
(2002-08-28) Activists take on companies and emerge victorious
It took stamina and help from national industry players for a small cluster of housewives and blue-collar workers in Armstrong County to battle the federal government and powerful companies such as ARCO and Babcock & Wilcox. (2002-08-28)
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