Jun 16 Energy & Environment Nuclear Option: Officials Hope Old Facility Can Fuel Growth Paducah, Kentucky, is home to USEC, a Department of Energy uranium enrichment facility that operated for 50 years until being decommissioned in 2013. Just across the Ohio River lies the Honeywell corporation’s Metropolis Works, the nation’s only uranium conversion plant. Former State Sen. Bob Leeper thought it made sense to build on that existing capacity. […] By Nicole Erwin Jun 16 Energy & Environment Nuclear Option: Officials Hope Old Facility Can Fuel Growth Nicole Erwin