“The transfer of Parcel 1 expands SODI’s ability to attract prospective tenants. “This is a game changing moment for SODI,” said the group’s executive director Steve Shepherd in a press release. “It’s been a long process.” He added that process was not a simple one but one with lots of moving parts. “We did it,” said Robert Edwards, manager of the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office for DOE. On Friday, various officials lauded the release of the first 80 acres of former plant land as a huge step in the right direction. The group will oversee the reuse of the 80 acres released by DOE on Friday but also ultimately the entire plant site once demolition and decontamination work being completed by contractors Flour BWXT is complete. SODI is formally what is known as a Community Reuse Organization (CRO) for the former diffusion plant site. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, largely summing up the comments of many in attendance at a brief ceremony, the highlight of which was the signing of various documents officially turning over 80 acres of now former DOE property to the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI.) “This is a happy day,” said Jeanne Wilson, a field representative for the office of Sen. the Piketon A-plant – to celebrate what was termed a major milestone in the redevelopment of the defunct uranium enrichment plant sitting on 3,700 acres in Pike County. With little, if any, mention of any the controversies swirling around the site, officials of the federal Department of Energy and Fluor BWXT, along with various local officials gathered Friday morning at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant – a.k.a. Signing the paperwork to transfer ownership of 80 acres Department of Energy property to Southern Ohio Diversification (SODI) are from left, Robert Edwards, Portsmouth, Paducah Project Office Anne Marie White, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Environmental Management Steve Shepherd, Director of SODI back from left: SODI counsel Kevin Shoemaker, Joel Bradburne, deputy manager, Portsmouth, Paducah Project Office and Greg Simonton, strategic planning, DOE Portsmouth site.
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