Global Laser Enrichment

Coming into 2025, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear thinks the commonwealth has plenty of momentum in business recruitment – and he says he’s focused on keeping it going.

After more than a decade of development, the world’s first commercial laser uranium enrichment facility is one step closer to becoming a reality in far western Kentucky.

A spokesperson for a company hoping to bring the world’s first commercial laser uranium enrichment facility to western Kentucky says it’s on track to test the new technology by the end of 2024.

Vibrating uranium with lasers could be the key to recycling depleted uranium stores across the country into fuel for nuclear power plants and enrichment facilities – and Paducah could be the home of the first commercial facility to employ the technology in the world.

The Paducah Area Community Reuse Organization expects the U.S. Department of Energy to spend about $359 million on the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant…