Washington Times

Topic - Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is a facility located in McCracken County, Kentucky, near Paducah, Kentucky that produces enriched uranium for nuclear power plants. The plant is now operated by ...
AZ Central

K-25 process to receive National Historic Chemical Landmark status at ceremony May 7

Thanks to Arlene Garrison and Gordon Fee for contributing to this "Historically Speaking" column. At 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, the American Chemical Society (ACS) will recognize the K-25 Gaseous ...
WVXU

Piketon stopped enriching uranium twenty years ago. Now the nuclear industry is coming back

An aerial view of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, which the U.S. Department of Energy has been cleaning up for more than a decade A billboard near the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ...
The Oak Ridger

Uranium gaseous diffusion: The secret behind the atom bomb, Part II

We continue the amazing broader history of gaseous diffusion as envisioned by Gordon Fee and prepared by Steve Polston, who was at one time the manager of the Paducah (Ky.) Gaseous Diffusion Plant and ...
POWER Magazine

The POWER Interview: Cleaning Up a Radiologically Contaminated Site

In the 1940s, the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant was built in unprecedented secrecy as part of the Manhattan Project. Its purpose was to provide enriched uranium for the world’s first atomic bomb, ...