EM Office of Field Operations and Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) officials pose in front of the recently completed X-326 demolition at the Portsmouth Site.

EM Office of Field Operations and Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) officials pose in front of the recently completed X-326 demolition at the Portsmouth Site. From left are Portsmouth Site Project Director Greg Wilkett; PPPO Federal Project Director Jud Lilly; EM Office of Field Operations Chief Engineer Rob Crosby; PPPO Manager Joel Bradburne; Nicole Nelson-Jean, EM associate principal deputy assistant secretary for field operations; and EM Acting Portsmouth Site Lead Jeremy Davis.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Nicole Nelson-Jean, EM associate principal deputy assistant secretary for field operations, toured cleanup operations at the Portsmouth and Paducah sites and visited the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO), where she met management and received updates.

At the Portsmouth Site, Nelson-Jean viewed the recently completed X-326 uranium process building demolition, and work at the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility, along with other activities at the site.

Nelson-Jean wrapped up her trip at the Paducah Site, meeting with EM and contractor management. She received updates regarding deactivation and remediation from site contractors. Two points of interest during her tour of the Paducah Site included stops at the C-333 Process Building and the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Plant.

Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office Safety Systems Oversight Brad Pont, far left, explains the robot pipe crawler to Nicole Nelson-Jean

Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office Safety Systems Oversight Brad Pont, far left, explains the robot pipe crawler to Nicole Nelson-Jean, EM associate principal deputy assistant secretary for field operations, second from left, and EM Office of Field Operations Chief Engineer Rob Crosby, third from left, inside the C-333 Process Building at the Paducah Site. The robot pipe crawler is designed to inspect piping previously used to support uranium enrichment operations by transporting a camera and a sodium iodide detector to locate uranium deposits through process piping and equipment. A similar technology was used at the Portsmouth Site.