Investment lays groundwork for potential large-scale uranium enrichment expansion
BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE:LEU) today announced that it is resuming centrifuge manufacturing activities and expanding its manufacturing capacity at its facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The company will invest an additional approximately $60 million for this effort over the next 18 months to lay the groundwork to support a potential large-scale expansion of uranium enrichment at the Centrus' American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. Such a large-scale expansion would require a multi-billion dollar public and private investment.
This announcement follows Centrus' recent success in securing over $2 billion in contingent purchase commitments from customers to support future production of Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU), as well as two awards from the U.S. Department of Energy aimed at enrichment and deconversion of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU).
