Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) PORTSMOUTH SITE - SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY-FOCUSED EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES

THE SOUTHERN OHIO DIVERSIFICATION INITIATIVE (SODI) ASSEMBLED A TEAM TO START THE PROCESS OF CHARACTERIZATION, PERMITTING, AND DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING (D&D) STUDIES TO SUPPORT THE DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED REACTOR TECHNOLOGY AT THE PORTSMOUTH SITE IN THE 2028 TO 2033 TIME-FRAME. SODI’S PROPOSED PROJECT MEETS THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCE- MENT’S OBJECTIVES OF: COMPLETION OF CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING ACTIVITIES FOR ADVANCED REACTOR DESIGNS—DEFINED IN THIS PROPOSAL AS GENERATION IV REACTORS, NON-LIGHT-WATER SMALL MODULAR REACTORS, AND MICRO-REACTORS—AND EFFORTS INVOLVED IN IDENTIFYING, CHARACTERIZING, PERMITTING, AND LICENSING SITES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ADVANCED REACTOR PROJECTS.

THE SOUTHERN OHIO DIVERSIFICATION INITIATIVE (SODI) WILL ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND TRANSFER OF ASSETS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S (DOE) PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSIONPLANT (PORTS) NEAR PIKETON, OHIO TO BE USED BY SOD! FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION. SODL'S EFFORTS WILL FOCUS ON EXPANDING EFFORTS TO BUILD OUT AN INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM-CLOSED LOOP MANUFACTURING (IES-CLM) COMPLEX CONSISTING OF ENERGY PRODUCERS AND ENERGY INTENSIVE END-USERS THAT IS BASED ON AN ''ALL-THE-ABOVE'' ENERGY STRATEGY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY CONCEPTS. THIS APPROACH WILL ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY OF OPERATIONS IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER WITH THE GOAL OF PRODUCING NET-ZERO WASTE WHILE PRODUCING LIVING-WAGE JOBS AS PORTS TRANSITIONS FROM DOE CLEANUP ACTIVITIES TO PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT. THE IES-CLM COMPLEX WILL BE KNOWN AS THE OHIO VALLEY GREEN ENERGY AND MANUFACTURING (GEM) INITIATIVE. THE IES-CLM CONCEPT WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH OHIO UNIVERSITY AND MANY STAKEHOLDERS AND NATIONAL EXPERTS.

ASSIST WITH IMPLEMEN. OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSIFICATION TO MITIGATE THE AFFECT OF DOE WORKFORCE DOWNSIZING AT THE PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIF. FAC