Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (Usdoe)

Superfund site in Kevil, KY · EPA ID KY8890008982

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (Usdoe) is a Superfund site in Kevil, KY on the EPA National Priorities List (Currently on the Final NPL). Contaminants of concern include 1,1-DICHLOROETHENE, BERYLLIUM, CHLOROETHENE (VINYL CHLORIDE), CHLOROFORM. At Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (Usdoe), the EPA has determined that human exposure is under control.

EPA status

National Priorities List
Currently on the Final NPL
Human exposure under control
Yes
Groundwater migration under control
No
Construction complete
No
Sitewide ready for reuse
No
Federal facility
Yes
EPA region
04
County
Mccracken

Contaminants of concern

Grouped by the environmental medium in which the EPA recorded them.

Groundwater

  • 1,1-Dichloroethene
  • Beryllium
  • Chloroethene (Vinyl Chloride)
  • Chloroform
  • Cis-1,2-Dichloroethene
  • Manganese
  • Technetium-99
  • Trichloroethene
  • Uranium-234
  • Uranium-235
  • Uranium-238
  • Vanadium

Liquid Waste

  • Aroclor 1260
  • Chromium
  • Cobalt
  • Copper
  • Manganese
  • Neptunium
  • Nickel
  • Plutonium
  • Selenium
  • Technetium-99
  • Thallium
  • Thorium-230
  • Uranium
  • Vanadium
  • Zinc

Sediment

  • Antimony
  • Arsenic
  • Beryllium
  • Iron
  • Magnesium
  • Vanadium

Soil

  • 1,1-Dichloroethene
  • Aluminum
  • Americium-241
  • Antimony
  • Aroclor 1260
  • Arsenic
  • Barium
  • Benzo(B)Fluoranthene
  • Benzo(Ghi)Perylene
  • Benzo(K)Fluoranthene
  • Benzo[A]Pyrene
  • Beryllium
  • Bis(2-Ethylhexyl)Phthalate
  • Cadmium
  • Cesium-137
  • Chloroethene (Vinyl Chloride)
  • Chromium
  • Cis-1,2-Dichloroethene
  • Copper
  • Indeno(1,2,3-Cd)Pyrene
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Manganese
  • Mercury
  • Neptunium
  • Nickel
  • Phenanthrene
  • Plutonium-239
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs)
  • Selenium
  • Silver
  • Tantalum
  • Technetium-99
  • Thallium
  • Thorium-230
  • Thorium-232
  • Trans-1,2-Dichloroethene
  • Trichloroethene
  • Tungsten
  • Uranium
  • Uranium-234
  • Uranium-234/235/238
  • Uranium-235
  • Uranium-238
  • Vanadium, Metal And/Or Alloy
  • Zirconium

Location

5501 HOBBS ROAD, Kevil, KY 42053

Latitude 37.120138, longitude -88.811111

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