$2 million DOE grant goes to Paducah Chamber to study future use of gaseous diffusion plant site

The Department of Energy has awarded a grant totaling $2 million to the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber will use the grant from DOE's Office of Environmental Management to formulate and better understand future uses for the site of the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

Community studies, data analysis, strategy development, and site mapping are all things covered by the funding.  

The grant covers a roughly two-and-a-half-year window from now until the end of 2025.

Joel Bradburne, Manager Portsmouth and Paducah Project Office, said, "Placing the future vision of the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in the hands of the community allows DOE to align cleanup strategies to promote sustainable redevelopment."

The Portsmouth and Paducah Project Office is in charge of the environmental cleanup at the site.




(Photo courtesy of DOE and FRNP. From left, Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership (FRNP) Nondestructive Assay Field Operations Manager Tyler Coriell; Enterprise Technical Assistance Services Senior Nuclear Safety Engineer Allen Townsend; FRNP Nondestructive Assay Manager Rick Williams; and EM Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office Safety Systems Oversight Richard Mayer walk down the assembly of detectors in the Large Item Neutron Assay System chamber at the Paducah Site.)