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K-25

K-25 was the prototype for later Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion facilities and those at Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio.

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

USEC ceased enrichment operations at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in May 2001 after it consolidated operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky.

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The Portsmouth plant, so named because of its proximity to the city of Portsmouth, Ohio, was one of three gaseous diffusion plants in the United States, alongside the K-25 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky.

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