EM transferred more than 180,000 pounds of reusable and recyclable materials recovered during the demolition process for 16 unused, outdated facilities at the Paducah Site over the past year to a local community reuse organization.
Members of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce met with EM and DOE Office of Nuclear Energy representatives during their 20th annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery met with United Steelworkers (USW) members at their Fall 2023 Atomic Energy Workers Council Meeting in Arlington, Virginia.
Members of Congress and their staff, DOE officials and others visited EM’s Portsmouth Site in recent weeks where they received updates on future use plans for the site as well as decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) progress.
Portsmouth Site recently held open house sessions in Scioto and Pike counties enabling the public to speak one-on-one with representatives from EM, site contractors and various community-support organizations.
EM achieves another milestone in its offsite shipping and disposal of depleted uranium oxide from the Portsmouth site.
EM’s Portsmouth Site recently achieved a cleanup milestone with the last load of X-326 Process Building debris placed in the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF).
Across the country, county fairs provide an opportunity for citizens to come together and build camaraderie. Each year, EM's Portsmouth Site joins neighbors in these local events as a means of community building and outreach.
A local fire chief recently praised the EM Paducah Site’s fire department for the team’s community-minded approach to emergency response.
Employees with Fluor-BWXT-Portsmouth (FBP), EM’s decontamination and decommissioning contractor for the Portsmouth Site, were recently treated to a luncheon, celebrating the completion of 4 million safe work hours.