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Mar 15, 2017 · Unbeknownst to us, the Radium Dial Company (1918-1936) and Luminous Processes, Inc. (1937-1978) had been manufacturing radium-based luminous dials in Ottawa. After a morning of...
Jan 25, 2018 · In 1978, the same year Luminous Processes closed in Ottawa, Peg Looney's body was exhumed. Earlier, when the Cold War threatened nuclear attacks, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission began to study radiation's effects on humans.
The company was headed by Joseph A. Kelly Sr. Kelly opened up a new corporation called Luminous Processes Inc. a few blocks away from the Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Illinois shortly after closing down the Radium Dial Company. Luminous Processes Inc. continued producing fluorescent watch dials powered by radium radioactivity until 1978.
- 1917; 106 years ago
- 1000+ (1925)
- Radium Paint,Radioactive Materials
Jan 30, 2018 · In 1978, the same year Luminous Processes closed in Ottawa, Peg Looney's body was exhumed. Earlier, when the Cold War threatened nuclear attacks, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission began to study radiation's effects on humans.
Feb 1, 2018 · Breslin pushed for state funding to tear down the Luminous Processes building and haul the rubble to a toxic waste landfill in the state of Washington in 1985. The next year, the U.S. Department of Energy at the request of the state flew a helicopter over Ottawa and identified 14 hot spots.
Apr 7, 2023 · Ottawa Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut thanked the state and federal groups for their work in cleaning up radioactive material from Radium Dial and Luminous Processes. The contamination originated from the processing of wastes and demolition debris from the Radium Dial Company between 1918 and 1936 and from Luminous Processes, Inc. between 1937 ...
Jul 3, 2019 · Darlene and Kathleen grew up knowing what happened to their aunts. But for decades, most people in Ottawa, including city officials, didn’t want to think about it. Radium Dial shut down during the trial, but owner Joseph Kelly opened a new factory just a block away, under a new name: Luminous Processes.
