Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plan Remains Open

United Steelworkers announced the Department of Energy, Energy Northwest, Bonneville Power Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority  and U.S. Enrichment Corporation, Inc. have agreed to keep the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant open.

As quoted in the press release:

Under the agreement, the DOE will provide 9,000 metric tons of high-assay depleted uranium hexafluoride, also known as “tails,” to Energy Northwest.  USEC, the contractor at the Paducah, Ky., facility, will enrich the tails to make 480 metric tons of low-enriched uranium.

Click here to read the United Steelworkers press release.