Portsmouth News

While adapting operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, EM has continued closing in on a key 2020 priority to begin demolition at the Portsmouth Site.

A virtual science, technology, engineering, and math camp supported by a grant from EM was conducted recently.

The U.S. Department of Energy today issued a formal Record of Decision (ROD) for the safe shipment and disposal of depleted uranium oxide.

EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office is set to make the first major skyline change later this year with demolition beginning on the X-326 building.

Growing up in Kentucky’s capital of Frankfort, Tyler Hicks knew a lot of state employees.

A ‘Star’ is Born: The DUF6 Conversion Project's VPP Story

Portsmouth Site Welcomes 32 High Schools to Science Alliance Event

Zak Lafontaine is a world-class gamer.

EM’s project to convert the nation’s inventory of depleted uranium hexafluoride to a more stable oxide form disposal recently achieved a milestone.

EM’s project to convert the nation’s inventory of depleted uranium hexafluoride to a more stable oxide form has reached its fiscal year.

DOE is pleased to announce the 2019 public-tour dates for the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County, Ohio.

Wheelersburg High School recently captured the South Central Ohio Regional Science Bowl title at Shawnee State University.

DOE today issued a Request for Information/Sources Sought for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) Decontamination and Decommissioning Project

The EM Portsmouth Site’s ninth annual Science Alliance event recently drew a record number of participants from southern Ohio schools.

EM contractor PMA recently received DOE VPP “STAR” recognition for the eighth consecutive year on behalf of the infrastructure support workforce.

Energy Department Approves Extension of Portsmouth Site Cleanup Contract

DOE Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar visited the Portsmouth Site last week to learn more about EM’s cleanup.

No, Damon Horn is not the “Six-Million-Dollar Man.” He doesn’t even try to imitate actor Lee Majors’s 1970s science fiction TV character.

EM’s Portsmouth Site recently rehabilitated 6 water wells, restoring them to the original design performance with substantially increased flow rates.

The Radpipers moved at an “impressively efficient pace” — up to 10 ft/minute — within the 30-inch & 42-inch-diameter uranium enrichment process pipes.

EM recently launched long-planned systems to safely handle the disposition of non-standard storage cylinders containing depleted uranium hexafluoride.

EM Assistant Secretary Anne White signed documents at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant marking the site’s land transfer to the local community.

DOE Awards Contract for the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office Technical Support Services Acquisition

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is moving forward to transfer the first parcel of federal property at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

EM Upgrades Portsmouth Emergency Management Facilities