Current News Archive
30 November 2018
Standard Chemical Company—The First US Nuclear Industry
Read "Standard Chemical Company—The First US Nuclear Industry" by Joel O. Lubenau, David J. Allard, and Michael A. Sheetz. On 12 November 2018, the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Health Physics Society sponsored a special meeting to dedicate a new historical marker at the University of Pittsburgh. The marker honors James J. and Joseph M. Flannery, brothers who founded the Standard Chemical Company, the first American company to produce radium.
