American Centrifuge Operating

  • Uranium yellowcake is used in the preparation of uranium fuel that is used in nuclear reactors. Source: DOE
    Legal & Regulatory

    DOE Issues $2.7B Orders to Scale Domestic Nuclear LEU and HALEU Enrichment

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its first production-scale task orders under a $2.7-billion uranium enrichment program launched in 2024, awarding $900 million each to Centrus Energy Corp., General Matter, and Orano Federal Services to expand domestic capacity for conventional low-enriched uranium (LEU) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) over the next decade. The […]

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    Nuclear

    DOE Picks Six Companies to Provide HALEU Fuel Services for Advanced Reactors

    The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced six companies have successfully bid to provide deconversion services for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel to support advanced nuclear reactors. The DOE on October 8 announced the complete list of successful bidders. They include Nuclear Fuel Services, part of BWX Technologies (BWXT); American Centrifuge Operating, part of Centrus […]