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September 30, 2025 The more than 80 community leaders who took part in the recent Paducah Chamber of Commerce Fly-In discussed environmental cleanup progress, upcoming project milestones and long term planning for reindustrialization of the Paducah Site with members of Kentucky’s congressional delegation and U.S. Department of Energy leaders.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management announced today the successful removal of a cumulative 16 million tons of uranium mill tailings and other contaminated material from its Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project site.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy James P. Danly participated in the diamond-stamping of the First Production Unit (FPU) of a canned subassembly (CSA) for the W80-4 Life Extension Program at the NNSA’s Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Speakers discuss lessons learned and best practices and identify replicable solutions that can be applied across the federal government.

As the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management addresses the legacy of the past, it has incredible opportunities to be part of what’s been dubbed Manhattan Project 2.0, a strong vision for the future focused on winning the global artificial intelligence race and ushering in a nuclear renaissance to fuel it, acting EM Assistant Secretary Joel Bradburne said in the keynote address at the 2025 National Cleanup Workshop.

Oklo Inc. recently announced plans to build the first privately funded commercial nuclear fuel recycling facility at Oak Ridge’s East Tennessee Technology Park. September 23, 2025

U.S. Department of Energy officials and Paducah, Kentucky, community members take part in a meeting of the annual Paducah Chamber of Commerce Fly-In. September 23, 2025

Workers at the Hanford Site have removed a facility once used to prepare spent nuclear fuel for storage, marking continued progress in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s risk-reduction work near the Columbia River. September 23, 2025

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has reached another significant milestone with concurrence from regulators that radioactive waste has successfully been removed from another tank at the Savannah River Site. September 23, 2025

An innovative robotic technology has confirmed the integrity of most legacy transuranic waste drums at the Idaho National Laboratory Site screened so far, enabling their safe and compliant shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for disposal and saving taxpayers a potential $20 million. September 23, 2025