Managers of the EM sites at Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky, provided an update at the 2022 Waste Management Symposia last week on cleanup progress at the two locations.
Daily cost saving measures continue to provide EM’s Paducah Site with a brighter future.
Calloway County Middle School Advanced to the DOE National Science Bowl by winning the West Kentucky Regional tournament Feb. 18.
One of EM’s two plants that convert depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) to more stable compounds recently returned to conversion operations following a 20-month safety pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Calloway County High School Advanced to the DOE National Science Bowl by capturing the West Kentucky Regional title on February 4, 2022.
EM and its contractors like to keep their ears open in the local area for small businesses that can help address unexpected problems, especially during the pandemic.
As EM begins to dismantle four massive electrical switchyards at the Paducah Site, the recycling of recovered materials and components is supporting local economic development while reducing or offsetting cleanup costs at the site.
Eleanor Polete, a sixth-grader at Heath Middle School, was recently selected as the winner of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl t-shirt design contest for 2022.
EM has selected Joel Bradburne to serve as field manager of the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) in Lexington, Kentucky.
EM’s Paducah Site is constructing a key facility in the cleanup of the former gaseous diffusion plant.