Paducah News

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Workers have removed materials such as oils, combustibles and environmental hazards from the C-333-A Feed Vaporization Facility at EM’s Paducah Site as part of recent actions to prepare the building and its adjoining process gas building.

Calloway County Middle School won the DOE West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl on Friday, an event recognized as the region’s most notable science competition for middle school students.

A team of students from Calloway County Middle School in Kentucky advanced to the DOE National Science Bowl® by winning the West Kentucky Regional competition on February 10, 2023.

EM has selected Reinhard Knerr, manager of the Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), to serve as deputy manager of the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) in Lexington, Kentucky, effective Jan. 29.

As EM’s Paducah Site completed its first emergency exercise since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, construction crews broke ground on the new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to improve coordination and response to emergencies across the site.