PADUCAH, Ky. — For the first time, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is conducting guided public tours of its Paducah Site. Several tours are being conducted for the public to learn about the history of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. All eight tours for 2016 filled up quickly, starting with the inaugural tours on April 23.
Some of the participants in the initial tours have been former plant workers like Eugene Waggoner, who is 95 years old and started working at the plant in 1952.