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U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Assistant Secretary of Environmental Management Tim Walsh joined industry leaders and local, state and national representatives to announce the development of a new American Energy Hub at the Paducah Site. August 4, 2026
Security forces at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth and Paducah sites are streamlining programs and services to strengthen protection of personnel, property and information, enabling more focus on completing cleanup and supporting future use opportunities at the sites. August 4, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a landmark partnership expected to create approximately 8,000 construction jobs and 600 permanent jobs.
Murray State University computer science student Cale Tonazzi’s summer internship at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Site provided a lesson that cannot be taught in classrooms. July 28, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Paducah Site and the West McCracken Fire Department have benefited from a mutual aid agreement to enhance emergency response capabilities since 2019. July 21, 2026
Members of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management workforce recently discussed job opportunities with area teachers and administrators as they toured the Paducah Site. June 23, 2026
As members of the next-generation workforce arrive at the Paducah Site, they will undergo a new training by longtime employees covering a topic that may be unfamiliar to the incoming workers: the site’s past uranium enrichment operations. June 2, 2026
Two universities in Ohio and Kentucky are collaborating to build STEM interest in local high school students and inspire them to pursue careers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth and Paducah sites. May 26, 2026
Two educators in communities near the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, locations are maximizing resources to help cultivate the next generation of talent to advance the nation’s energy sector and future redevelopment at the DOE sites. May 19, 2026
Decades of uranium enrichment operations at two former gaseous diffusion plants yielded thousands of cylinders of depleted uranium hexafluoride, or DUF6, that accumulated in storage yards. April 21, 2026