Pinellas Plant 1994 - click on photo for a larger view
About the Pinellas Plant
The Pinellas Plant has been part of the Department of
Energy's (DOE) nuclear weapons complex since the plant opened in 1957.
Before that the Plant operated in temporary facility
at
2543 24th Street
No., St. Petersburg, Florida which is now
the Progress Energy equipment yard. In March 1995, the DOE sold the
Pinellas Plant to the Pinellas County Industry Council (PCIC). DOE
leased back a large portion of the plant site to facilitate transition
to alternate use and safe shutdown which has been completed. The most recent mission
was to
achieve a safe transition of the facility from defense production and
prepare the site for alternative uses as a community resource for
economic development. Today the site is known as the Young-Rainey Star
Center.
The
STAR Center is owned and operated by the government of Pinellas County,
Florida and is located at the western gateway of Florida’s High Tech
Corridor. Currently, space is leased to over 30 companies that provide
synergistic opportunities for each other in the areas of analytical and
environmental testing, custom hybrid micro-electronics, circuit design
and manufacturing, forensic sciences, and more. (see
early history by Ad Persons)
