Federal grant funds $2 million research effort into former Paducah nuclear site’s future
Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce is receiving $2 million in grant funding from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management to study future possible uses for the site of the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant . Chamber president Sandra Wilson said the grant will aid in the development of potential long-term plans for the former uranium enrichment site in western Kentucky.