The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce, which takes an active interest in the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in McCracken County, Ky., has been awarded a $2-million grant to study future use of the agency’s gaseous diffusion plant.
The $2-million financial assistance act, consistent with the fiscal 2023 federal budget, will go toward community studies and analysis, site mapping and development strategies for the property, according to a June 6 DOE Office of Environmental Management press release.
The grant runs for a three-year period, from June 5, 2023 through December 31, 2025, according to the press release.
Until operations ceased in 2013, Paducah produced enriched uranium for military and later commercial nuclear energy purposes. Cleanup of the 3,500-acre property is overseen by DOE’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office.
The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce in the past visited Washington, D.C., to discuss site cleanup and related matters with lawmakers and DOE brass.
