We continue the amazing broader history of gaseous diffusion as envisioned by Gordon Fee and prepared by Steve Polston, who was at one time the manager of the Paducah (Ky.) Gaseous Diffusion Plant and ...

The first time the K-25 History Center opened was in February 2020. I was unable to be there as Fanny, my wife, and I had been invited to Vail, Colorado, for a very special “Roundtable” resulting from ...

Many of you readers of "Historically Speaking" will have worked at K-25 or have family or friends who have worked there over the years. The work done there accomplished much more than just providing ...

Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols continues her series on his life. Military review on Blankenship Field: Capt. Salvatore Latona receives a metal. Lt. Francis Kratch and ...

Work has begun to demolish the last two buildings that once supported the gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment process at Oak Ridge in Tennessee. Buildings K-131 and K-631 are the most contaminated ...

Last July a consortium of non-U.S. companies and U.S. utility affiliates announced plans to build a new uranium enrichment facility in the U.S. The consortium, Louisiana Energy Services (LES), hopes ...

Southern Ohio Cleanup Company LLC - a joint venture led by Amentum with Fluor and Cavendish Nuclear USA - has been awarded a contract worth some USD5.87 billion by the US Department of Energy to ...

Uranium enrichment is a critical process that increases the concentration of Uranium-235, essential for both nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons. Various methods exist for enriching uranium, ...