Paducah News

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The Office of Environmental Management Paducah Site recently welcomed local educators for the immersive Educator Externship as part of a regional initiative to strengthen the future workforce through community and classroom connections. June 24, 2025.
Paducah Innovation Hub student Jacob Hodge, standing left, explains his research findings to Murray State University Assistant Professor Eric Batts.
High school students in Ohio and Kentucky, local universities and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Portsmouth Paducah Project Office collaborated to develop and publish this year’s Student Summary of the Annual Site Environmental Report.
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Four contractors with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO) recently reached significant safety milestones, collectively achieving nearly 18 million safe work hours.
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With the successful cleanup underway at the Oak Ridge Reservation serving as a “North Star,” the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is entering into a “unique moment” to redefine how it conducts its mission to contribute to broader DOE goals, EM Senior Advisor Roger Jarrell said here last week.
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Cleanup progress at the former Portsmouth and Paducah uranium enrichment plants is helping enable new opportunities for local communities to continue advancing U.S. energy and U.S. security goals, Joel Bradburne, manager of the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO), said here last week.