Claim: The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant was opened in 1952, and it produced low-enriched uranium which was further refined at Portsmouth and the K-25 plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Evidence: The plant was opened in 1952 as a government-owned, contractor-operated facility producing enriched uranium to fuel military reactors and for use in nuclear weapons. The Paducah plant produced low-enriched uranium which was further refined at Portsmouth and the K-25 plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.