June 27, 2023

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Paducah Builds Toward Ten-Year Goal to Significantly Reduce Site Hazards

EM workers continue to reduce chemical hazards at the Paducah Site with the recent shipment of 14 sodium fluoride traps, or exchange vessels, for off-site disposal and the elimination of the site’s entire chlorine gas cylinder inventory.

June 20, 2023

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Six New Members Join Paducah Site’s Citizens Advisory Board

EM has appointed six new members to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Citizens Advisory Board (CAB)

June 6, 2023

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DOE Awards Grant to the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce

Today, the Office of Environmental Management awarded a non-competitive financial assistance grant consistent with the Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act to the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce to provide a better understanding.

May 30, 2023

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EM’s Avery Joins Energy Communities Alliance Panel, Tours Paducah Site

Jeff Avery, EM principal deputy assistant secretary, participated in the 2023 Energy Communities Alliance Forum panel.

May 23, 2023

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Paducah Contractor Challenges Students to ‘Hack’ Plastics Waste Problem

Students from three regional high schools recently teamed up for Hack the Plastics, an event created by EM’s Paducah Site cleanup contractor to “hack,” or propose solutions, to help solve a part of the global plastics waste problem.

May 9, 2023

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Portsmouth, Paducah Kick Off Major Uranium Oxide Disposal Effort

EM has successfully commenced a major disposal effort for a key uranium-enrichment byproduct with the recent arrival of 60 uranium-oxide storage cylinders by rail at a licensed facility in west Texas.

April 25, 2023

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New Equipment Sets Stage for Future Deactivation at Paducah Site

After months of training, field demonstrations and operational drills, workers at EM’s Paducah Site have demonstrated the safe and compliant operation of new equipment to compact components.

March 14, 2023

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Paducah Community Leaders Meet With Senior EM Officials

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leaders from the Paducah, Kentucky community met with senior EM officials Jeff Avery and Randy Hendrickson last week to discuss future reuse of EM’s Paducah Site.

February 28, 2023

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McCracken County High School Advances to DOE National Science Bowl

McCracken County High School won this year’s DOE West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl on Friday, the culmination of months of planning by volunteers and coaches for an event touted as the region’s most prominent science competition for high school students

February 24, 2023

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McCracken County High School Wins DOE West Kentucky Science Bowl

McCracken County High School won DOE's West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl competition on February 24, 2023.