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PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT

References

• USEC Inc., Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant



• EPA Paducah



• American Centrifuge



• Memorandum of Understanding Between the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission



• DOE Office of Nuclear Fuel Supply Security



• Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Has Made Some Progress in Cleaning Up the Paducah Site, but Challenges Remain GAO-04-0457 (April 2004)

Reports

• Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Stockpile Stewardship and Management DOE/EIS-0236



• Construction and Operation of Waste Storage Facilities at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah, Kentucky DOE Environmental Assessment DOE/EA-0937



• Refurbishment and Construction of Uranium Hexafluoride Cylinder Storage Yards at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah, Kentucky DOE Environmental Assessment DOE/EA-1118



• PHASE II INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT (February 2000) -- U.S. Department of Energy Office of Oversight Office of Environment, Safety and Health



• Preliminary Observations and Corrective Actions on Paducah Site Announced (September 14, 1999) -- Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson today announced the initial observations of the Department of Energy (DOE) team investigating environmental, safety and health issues at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky.



• DOE Completes Safety Stand Down at Paducah Site  (September 10, 1999) -- Workers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Paducah Site have completed a one-day safety stand down of all environmental management activities at the Western Kentucky uranium enrichment facility.



• Secretary Richardson Orders Safety Stand Down at Paducah (September 8, 1999) -- Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson ordered a one-day safety stand down at the Department of Energy's Paducah Site to strengthen and enhance safety programs at the site.



• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson on the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (August 8, 1999) -- We are very concerned about recent allegations that past activities at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant have endangered the health of employees. We owe a great debt to the workforce at Paducah, and we are fully investigating these issues.