Contractors at EM’s Paducah Site recently teamed up to highlight career opportunities available at the site during the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce WKY (West Kentucky) Launch Experience.
EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) sites in Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, recently completed another successful public-tour season boosted by an influx of visitors from across the country.
DOE awarded three EM sites with Sustainability Awards - Hanford, Oak Ridge and Paducah.
EM’s Paducah Site recently received a jolt of energy with the installation of six new electric vehicle charging stations, an addition that enhances the site’s infrastructure while helping to improve the environment.
Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk, EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery and Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) Assistant Secretary Katy Huff visited the Portsmouth Site last week.
Recent upgrades to EM’s facilities that convert depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) to more stable compounds for reuse or disposal are delivering improved safety, reliability, operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Cleanup contractors at EM’s Paducah Site engaged with the next-generation workforce at a Murray State University career fair for students from the science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and occupational safety and health (OSH) fields.
In 2003, EM created the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) to focus on the safe and effective cleanup of the federal government’s two remaining gaseous diffusion plants at the Portsmouth and Paducah sites.
EM transferred more than 180,000 pounds of reusable and recyclable materials recovered during the demolition process for 16 unused, outdated facilities at the Paducah Site over the past year to a local community reuse organization.
Members of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce met with EM and DOE Office of Nuclear Energy representatives during their 20th annual meeting in Washington, D.C.