Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

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 United States Department of Energy (DOE). The PGDP was the only operating uranium enrichment facility in the United States from 2001 to 2010. The Paducah plant produced low-enriched uranium, originally as feedstock for military reactors and weapons, and later as fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

The plant covers 750 acres (300 ha) of a 3,556-acre (1,439 ha) site. The four process buildings cover 74 acres (30 ha), and consumed a peak electrical demand of 3,040 megawatts.

In January 2026, the company leasing the facility, General Matter, received a $900 million contract from the DOE for it to produce High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) for the next generation of US reactors.

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