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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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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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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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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 …
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Nuclear energy in Kentucky? Lawmakers show early bipartisan support
22 Feb 2024 14:20 GMT
… to several significant challenges in nuclear energy development, including cost, … committee, Carroll said several coal power plants in Kentucky have already been … in Fleming County, and the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, a uranium enrichment site …
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Bill promoting nuclear energy in Kentucky advanced by Senate committee
22 Feb 2024 00:34 GMT
… identifying sites for nuclear reactors and other facilities, … had any nuclear power plants, though the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in … later for commercial nuclear power plants. An Eastern Kentucky … Unlike coal plants, nuclear reactors don’t produce direct …
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Virtual museum details history of Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
08 Jul 2022 05:31 GMT
… of Energy’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is now available … enrich uranium for military nuclear reactors and weapons development, … began advancing their nuclear arms capabilities and … supplying enriched uranium for nuclear power plants. The plant was …
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Laser uranium enrichment tech that could see first deployment in Paducah to be tested by year's end
29 Oct 2024 22:09 GMT
… other enrichment facilities or in nuclear power plants. GLE leadership estimates the … the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and the shifting sentiments regarding nuclear energy … develop and deploy advanced [nuclear] reactors.”
Ashkeboussi also indicated that …
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Experts, officials push nuclear energy future at Paducah forum
19 May 2023 14:49 GMT
… nuclear energy as the site of the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion … to generate electricity in nuclear reactors in 1964. It … and developing nuclear technologies, adding nuclear to regional … can contribute to the nuclear manufacturing supply chain.”
Republican …