DUF6 News

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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
An aerial view of the Paducah Site
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
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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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Recent upgrades have significantly improved operational efficiency, safety and environmental sustainability for the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Project at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, sites.
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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.