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OUTREACH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Engaging community members and other site stakeholders in activities to educate, inform and solicit input on site future use planning. All site repurposing and ongoing outreach activities carried out in the form of a collaborative effort among Ohio University (OU), DOE, and SODI, the local community reuse organization.

PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PUBLIC OUTREACH REPORT

– Ohio University (OU) Public Outreach
Project Timeline
– Public Outreach Report

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VIDEODOCUMENTARY

In cooperation and consultation with the Site Specific Advisory Board the Voinovich School developed video and photographic documentation that fostered greater understanding of past, present, and future conditions at the PORTS site…
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND RELATED CAREERS

My (Future) Life
These videos were produced as part of a 2011 Ohio Department of Higher Education College Ready STEM Demonstration Grant Program….
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VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM

The video presentations, Power point presentations, and project reports serve as useful Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education tools for area schools, colleges, and universities and also provide valuable information…
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

OU provided facilities for and sponsored training covering technical software packages used in support of the PORTS’ environmental cleanup mission or topics facilitating the completion of the PORTS’ environmental cleanup mission…
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ROUNDTABLES

Based upon the community preferences for possible future-uses and the voting results in the final PORTSfuture Report, several of the future-use alternatives for the PORTS site included facility remodeling and/or facility construction components…
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PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO THE GRANT

Cross, B., Howe, S., Zimmer, M. Synergistic Integration of Energy Systems and Closed-loop Manufacturing Systems (Paper Number: PowerEnergy2018-7331)…
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Check the podcast! #457SEO: Everything Old is Nuclear

Ohio Valley ReSource reporter Nicole Erwin recently did a story titled “Nuclear Option: Officials Hope Old Facility Can Fuel Growth” about how officials in Kentucky are looking to the future of their site in the Paducah/Portsmouth Project for economic development. In this episode of #457SEO, the WOUB News team tried to find out what was going on at the Portsmouth site…
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