uranium

  • Cascade of gas centrifuges used to enrich uranium. This 1984 photograph is of the gas centrifuge plant in Piketon, Ohio. Courtesy: U.S. Photonics, Inc/NRC/Flickr
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    USEC to Restructure, Seek Bankruptcy to Stimulate American Centrifuge Project

    U.S. nuclear reactor enriched uranium fuel supplier USEC will voluntarily file for bankruptcy protection as part of a restructuring plan to boost financial support for its much-watched gas centrifuge uranium enrichment project at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio.  The company announced on Dec. 16 that it had reached an agreement with majority shareholders […]

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    DOE in Talks with GLE, AREVA for Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride

    The Department of Energy (DOE) last week said it would enter negotiations with Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) for the sale of the depleted uranium hexafluoride inventory after it selected the GE-Hitachi division’s proposal to build and operate a laser enrichment facility at the shuttered Paducah enrichment site in Kentucky. The DOE will also enter into […]