The 10-week program offers hands-on experience, leadership opportunities, and communication skills training to participants.
“Hiring college interns allows students to gain experience and enhances our local workforce as a whole,” said Jennifer Woodard, Paducah Site Lead for DOE’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office. “The summer internship program is an excellent way for college interns to gain experience, while we benefit from new and innovative ideas.”
Eleven students are paired with a mentor from Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, DOE’s deactivation and remediation contractor, and one student with a mentor from Swift & Staley, DOE’s infrastructure support services contractor.
This year’s interns include Ryan Bass, Matthew Gilbert, Kristin Atkins, and John DeNeve of University of Kentucky; Logan Mitchell of Western Kentucky University; Alex Montgomery, Candace Gillette, Jacob Myers, and Evan Green of Murray State University; Brandon Townsend of Tennessee Technical University; and Drake Bowen of Southeast Missouri State University. Nathan Williams of University of Kentucky is an intern at Swift & Staley.
