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U.S. Department of Energy eyeing former Paducah nuclear facility as site of AI infrastructure
09 Apr 2025 22:22 GMT
… owned sites, including the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in far western Kentucky … western Kentucky facility was a nuclear power plant built in 1952 that produced … , and then later for nuclear fuel for commercial power plants – until its closure …
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Where are the 16 potential federal data center and AI infrastructure sites?
08 Apr 2025 16:52 GMT
… technologies, including 52 nuclear reactors with four currently … Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Kentucky. That 3,500-acre nuclear … from two large nuclear power plants that are within … which produces non-nuclear components for nuclear systems. There …
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Trump Administration Makes Move To Build AI Infrastructure on Federal Lands
08 Apr 2025 02:30 GMT
… for co-location, including nuclear reactors, enhanced geothermal systems, … its authority under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 … used in the nuclear weapons program that … Idaho National Laboratory; the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant; Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion …
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Nuclear industry eyes Ky but don’t expect power plants anytime soon
27 Aug 2024 16:34 GMT
… nuclear power plants. Newer nuclear technology such as smaller, modular nuclear power plants … have people “very excited,” he said, but no such modular reactors … never had a nuclear power plant. But the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in …
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Nuclear industry eyes Kentucky but don’t expect nuclear power plants anytime soon
23 Aug 2024 21:15 GMT
… nuclear power plants. Newer nuclear technology such as smaller, modular nuclear power plants … have people “very excited,” he said, but no such modular reactors … never had a nuclear power plant. But the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in …
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US DOE identifies 16 sites on federal land for "rapid data center construction," including 1GW location
04 Apr 2025 23:23 GMT
… new energy generation, such as nuclear.
The RFI hopes to lead … as follows:
Idaho National Laboratory
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant … existing steam plant), or nuclear small modular reactors."
In March 2025 …
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Kentucky Fish and Wildlife swaps land to boost prospective nuclear fuel enrichment project
27 Nov 2024 17:12 GMT
… to benefit a prospective nuclear fuel enrichment company looking … tails at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
In exchange, … and eventually for commercial nuclear power plants until closing in 2013. … tails as fuel for nuclear power in what would …
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Paducah gaseous diffusion plant workers honored during National Day of Remembrance
20 Oct 2023 05:12 GMT
Paducah city leaders honored former gaseous diffusion plant workers on Thursday, thanking for their service working with atomic and uranium weapons. The event was held ahead of the National Day of Remembrance honoring America’s nuclear industry workers. …
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New federal legislation could affect future of nuclear energy in west Kentucky
11 Jul 2024 03:13 GMT
… to license certain nuclear reactor technologies now face … easier to develop nuclear reactors on retired fossil … Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which regulates nuclear plants and nuclear … a new nuclear reactor to the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site …
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Kentucky utilities to further study nuclear power possibilities
04 Jul 2024 17:00 GMT
… more traditional-sized nuclear reactors can produce more … construction started on the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Western Kentucky … the material for commercial power plants.
State Sen. Danny … establish the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority …