Portsmouth Paducah Project Office

Cleanup crews are wrapping up work to prepare the C-333 Process Building for future demolition. December 16, 2025

The Portsmouth Site announced the start of structural demolition on the X-333 Process Building last month, almost 70 years to the day it was turned over to the Atomic Energy Commission, a predecessor agency to the U.S. Department of Energy, to assume the facility’s role in fueling America’s fight in the Cold War. December 9, 2025

Paducah Site Lead April Ladd speaks to local high school students during a panel discussion at the recent Engineering Empowerment Day, hosted by the University of Kentucky College of Engineering. December 9, 2025

With crews in the early stages of demolishing X-333, the second of the Portsmouth Site’s three former uranium process buildings, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management leaders at the site are emphasizing the number one priority: safety of the workforce and community. November 25, 2025