X-326 Process Building Demolition Project Director Mike Furner, right, talks to a tour group in July about progress being made on cleanup efforts at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) sites in Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky recently wrapped up their 2022 public tour campaigns, which garnered high interest from the public.
The Portsmouth Site offered four tours with a total of 82 visitors while the Paducah Site hosted just over 100 people during a total of three separate tours.
The tours were relaunched on July 16 for the Portsmouth Site and Aug. 27 for the Paducah Site after coronavirus restrictions paused the 2020 and 2021 tour schedule.
With nearly a two-year pause on public tours, the PPPO sites are pleased the public continues to remain interested in the sites’ history and cleanup efforts.
“The public site tours offer a unique opportunity for participants to experience the cleanup progress at close proximity,” PPPO Site Manager Joel Bradburne said. “It also allows tour goers to take a step back in time and understand the history as well as what the sites were like prior to cleanup.”
Both sites expect tours to pick back up in the spring next year.
Click here for information about Portsmouth Site tours and here for information on Paducah Site tours.
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