Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

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The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is a former U.S. Department of Energy uranium enrichment facility in western Kentucky that played a major role in producing enriched uranium for nuclear power and defense.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial facility ⓘ
uranium enrichment plant ⓘ
associatedWith United States Department of Energy Environmental Management program ⓘ
cleanupProgram Superfund ⓘ
linked to: Superfund program
commissioned 1952 ⓘ
constructionStarted 1951 ⓘ
contaminant technetium-99 ⓘ
trichloroethylene ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decommissioningStatus under decommissioning ⓘ
enrichmentMethod gaseous diffusion cascade ⓘ
governedBy Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ⓘ
National Environmental Policy Act ⓘ
gridConnection large industrial electricity consumer ⓘ
hasFacilityType nuclear fuel cycle facility ⓘ
hasIssue environmental contamination ⓘ
historicalRole major U.S. uranium enrichment facility during the Cold War ⓘ
supplier of enriched uranium for U.S. defense programs ⓘ
supplier of enriched uranium for commercial nuclear reactors ⓘ
listedAs Superfund site ⓘ
locatedIn McCracken County, Kentucky ⓘ
western Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Western Kentucky
locatedNear Paducah, Kentucky ⓘ
nearCity Kevil, Kentucky ⓘ
nearWaterBody Ohio River ⓘ
notableFor being one of the last operating gaseous diffusion plants in the world ⓘ
role in U.S. nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
opened 1952 ⓘ
operatedBy Lockheed Martin ⓘ
Martin Marietta ⓘ
Union Carbide ⓘ
United States Enrichment Corporation ⓘ
operatorType federal government contractor ⓘ
ownedBy United States Department of Energy ⓘ
partOf U.S. gaseous diffusion plant network ⓘ
primaryFunction uranium enrichment ⓘ
processGas uranium hexafluoride ⓘ
region United States Midwest ⓘ
regulatoryAgency United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
safetyProgram radiation protection program ⓘ
sisterFacility Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
siteArea approximately 3,500 acres ⓘ
status former enrichment plant ⓘ
technologyUsed gaseous diffusion ⓘ
usedFor production of enriched uranium for nuclear power ⓘ
production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons programs ⓘ
workforceType union and non-union industrial workers ⓘ

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Paducah, Kentucky → nearFacility → Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
United States nuclear weapons complex → includesFacility → Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant → relatedTo → Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
Kevil, Kentucky → hasNearbyFacility → Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ
Paducah → nearbyFederalFacility → Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant ⓘ