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The DOE Paducah Site: Nuclear Cleanup, AI, and the New Economy

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Recorded April 14 2026


About this episode

The former uranium enrichment plant that once employed thousands is now at the center of an unlikely tech pivot. The Herald investigates how the Department of Energy's Paducah site is positioning itself for artificial intelligence infrastructure and what that transition means for the cleanup workers, the local tax base, and the long memory of environmental contamination in this part of Kentucky.