PPPO News Archive

EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office is installing the water treatment system for its On-Site Waste Disposal Facility.

EM’s Paducah Site has been the safe operation of the system to treat and reduce groundwater contamination.

Additional air monitoring stations are being installed that will enhance environmental and radiological data collection during demolition.

The first shipment of depleted uranium oxide (DUO) product recently left the Paducah Site in Kentucky and safely reached its final destination.

EM's Paducah Site recently removed approximately 42 percent of the site’s enriched uranium inventory with a shipment of cold traps.

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.

PPPO's Paducah Site raised 27,810 pounds of food for local charities during July as part of DOE's Feds Feed Families effort.

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

Paducah Site clears infrastructure to facilitate investigation in preparation for demolition of the C-400 Building.

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.

On February 21, 2020, a team from Lone Oak Middle School of Paducah, Kentucky won the U.S. Department of Energy’s West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl.

Louisville science teacher Amy Shumate last year visited the Paducah Site and plans to incorporate what she learned into her instruction.

The Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget request provides the resources for strong progress in the department’s cleanup mission.

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science Team One of Bowling Green, Kentucky, today won the DOE West Kentucky Science Bowl.

Heath Middle School students receive a $500 check for their school for winning the official T-Shirt design contest for the regional science bowl.

The environment health and safety magazine has named EM’s prime infrastructure contractor at the Paducah Site as one of America’s Safest Companies.

Deactivation and remediation workers with FRNP recently surpassed one million work hours without a lost-time accident or illness.

Workers recently made progress in the deactivation and remediation of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

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Portsmouth Site Welcomes 32 High Schools to Science Alliance Event

Workers Clear One of Paducah Site’s Largest Storage Yards

EM’s Paducah Site recently transferred two 650-horsepower package boilers to the Paducah Area Community.