Thanks to their safe and successful cleanup work in 2025, the Portsmouth and Paducah sites demonstrated the strong role the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management plays in advancing American energy dominance and innovation. December 23, 2025
Cleanup program recently awarded performance-based fee payments to 12 of its contractors at sites across the DOE complex. December 23, 2025
As the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management works to enable American energy and security, innovative approaches and strong partnerships at the Portsmouth and Paducah sites drive efforts to transform liabilities into assets to help unleash nuclear power.
Career longevity has come into focus recently at the Portsmouth Site, where 17 of the more than 2,000 contractor workers there have marked over 50 years of service, with one employee at 56 years. September 16, 2025.
The Portsmouth Paducah Project Office is modernizing its depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion facilities by installing a new system designed to significantly enhance safety, improve efficiency and reduce operational pauses. September 2, 2025
The Portsmouth Paducah Project Office recently met a DOE Office of Environmental Management priority for 2025 after successfully converting more than 1,000 cylinders of depleted uranium hexafluoride into a safer, more stable oxide form. August 26, 2025
Recent agreements & partnerships to provide land & a portion of a legacy coproduct from the former uranium enrichment process to commercial partners is turning liabilities into assets, accelerating production of domestic energy supplies. August 12, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the signing of a lease with General Matter Inc for the reuse of a 100-acre parcel of federal land at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant for a new private-sector domestic uranium enrichment facility that is ushering in a new nuclear renaissance for the nation.
Contractors throughout the cleanup complex have contributed about $360 million in savings toward a total $2 billion saved by the U.S. Department of Energy Supply Chain Management Center. June 10, 2025
The Paducah Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride project team has marked a milestone by successfully fabricating valves from old equipment and installing them on 137 specialized cylinders.