PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT (USDOE)
KEVIL, KY
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Tonya Spencer-Harvey
[email protected]
(404) 562-8463
Remedial Project Manager
Victor Weeks
[email protected]
(404) 562-9189
Site Location
Street Address:5501 HOBBS ROAD
KEVIL, KY 42053
Background
The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) Superfund site is located in Paducah, Kentucky. The site is the location of a former uranium enrichment plant owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The plant began supplying enriched uranium for national defense purposes in 1952 and later provided nuclear fuel rods for power plants. Uranium enrichment activities ceased in 2013. Current site missions include environmental cleanup, waste disposition, depleted uranium conversion, deactivation and decommissioning of the former uranium enrichment facilities, and long-term stewardship.
The PGDP is located on about 3500 acres of land. The former plant operations area occupies 750 acres ...
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