The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. at the McCracken County Public Library, 555 Washington St., in Paducah. The public is invited to attend and is encouraged to provide comments and ask questions during the meeting.
The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant was built by the U.S. Government in the 1950s to enrich uranium for military purposes. In the 1960s, it began enriching uranium for commercial nuclear reactors. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says uranium enrichment no longer occurs at the facility, which prompted USEC to request the termination of its certificate of compliance, which in essence is its license to possess and process uranium.
