Paducah Shuts Down

Paducah is the western Kentucky site of a uranium enrichment plant that was built for the Atomic Energy Commission and began operation in 1952. Union Carbide originally operated the plant for the AEC.  

The plant eventually was operated by the United States Enrichment Corporation, though the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), eventual successor to the AEC, owns it. 

The Paducah plant was the last operating gaseous diffusion enrichment plant.

USEC says it will wind down enrichment operations over the next month. 

Although some activities will continue into 2014, Paducah's run is coming to an end.

Old nuke plant cards

I'm spending a week on Cyprus so no chance to post stuff from my collection, but I thought I would share a link to the San Francisco Bay Post Card Club's site that has an archive of its past newsletters. The March 2006 issue has an article on nuclear power themed post cards and reproduces a few old gems, some of which I have not yet been able to find. Anti-nukes will cheer the commentary; pro-nukes will like the old cards.