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The Energy Policy Act of 1992 created the United States Enrichment Corporation out of the Department of Energy as a state owned enterprise to enrich uranium for civilian use, and in July 1993 USEC took over DOE facilities. USEC was fully privatized by the U.S. government on July 28, 1998, through an initial public offering. The U.S. government ...
The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) is a facility located in McCracken County, Kentucky, near Paducah, Kentucky that produced enriched uranium from 1952 to 2013. It is owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The PGDP was the only operating uranium enrichment facility in the United States from 2001 to 2010.
USEC to Cease Enrichment at Paducah Plant - Operations for inventory management and site transition to continue - BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- USEC Inc. (NYS: USU) announced today that it had ...
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ, UK: / k ɛ n-/), [5] [6] officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, [c] is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west.
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state/commonwealth of Kentucky, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Kentucky had a total summer capacity of 17,633 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 69,147 GWh. [ 2 ]
(The Center Square) – A bill that would lower Kentucky’s personal income tax rate to 3.5% starting next year sailed through the state Senate. House Bill 1 passed by a 34-3 vote and will now ...
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky County officially became a state. Like Virginia , the official title of the elected local prosecutor in each of Kentucky 's political subdivisions is the Commonwealth's Attorney and County Attorney, as opposed to State's Attorney in other states or the more standard District Attorney.
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant is a facility located in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio, just south of Piketon, Ohio, that previously produced enriched uranium, including highly enriched weapons-grade uranium, for the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the U.S. nuclear weapons program and Navy nuclear propulsion; in later years, it produced low-enriched uranium for fuel for ...