PPPO News Archive

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Portsmouth, Paducah Sites Drive U.S. Energy, Innovation in 2025
Thanks to their safe and successful cleanup work in 2025, the Portsmouth and Paducah sites demonstrated the strong role the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management plays in advancing American energy dominance and innovation. December 23, 2025
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Portsmouth Reflects on 70 Years of X-333 as Site Gears Up for Nuclear Renaissance
The Portsmouth Site announced the start of structural demolition on the X-333 Process Building last month, almost 70 years to the day it was turned over to the Atomic Energy Commission, a predecessor agency to the U.S. Department of Energy, to assume the facility’s role in fueling America’s fight in the Cold War. December 9, 2025
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As Portsmouth Begins X-333 Demolition, Site Underscores No. 1 Priority: Safety
With crews in the early stages of demolishing X-333, the second of the Portsmouth Site’s three former uranium process buildings, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management leaders at the site are emphasizing the number one priority: safety of the workforce and community. November 25, 2025
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Energy Department Issues EOI for Volumetric Contaminated Nickel Technology
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office has issued an Expression of Interest seeking input from industry on operationally mature technologies capable of supporting the potential reuse of approximately 9,700 tons of volumetrically contaminated nickel stored at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky.