PADUCAH, Ky. — David Lu, left, completed his summer internship at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) headquarters in Washington, D.C. in August. Later that month, he toured the EM Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Plant at the Paducah Site near his hometown of Murray, Kentucky. In this photo, EM Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office Facility Representative Chris Richards, center, and Federal Project Director William Wessel lead the tour of the plant’s systems and processes to convert 46,000 DUF6 cylinders at the Paducah Site to a more stable compound. With roots near the site, Lu took the initiative to arrange for the tour to familiarize himself with the site.
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