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06.25.2025

Centrus Achieves Key Production Milestone with Delivery of 900 Kilograms of HALEU to the Department of Energy

BETHESDA, Md. – Centrus Energy (NYSE American: LEU) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, the American Centrifuge Operating, LLC, has produced and delivered 900 kilograms of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) to the U.S. Department of Energy, reaching a critical milestone as the company pioneers first-of-a-kind HALEU production.  With the successful production and delivery of […]

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06.20.2025

Centrus Energy Secures Contract Extension from Department of Energy to Continue HALEU Production

Extension Valued at Approximately $110 Million through June 30, 2026  BETHESDA, Md. – Centrus Energy (NYSE American: LEU) today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy has exercised an option to extend Centrus’ competitively-awarded contract to produce High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) through June 30, 2026.  The Department has additional options for continued production for up […]

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12.11.2024

Centrus Wins LEU Enrichment Award from U.S. Department of Energy

BETHESDA, Md. – Centrus Energy (NYSE American: LEU) announced today that its subsidiary, American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (“ACO”), has won an award from the U.S. Department of Energy aimed at expanding domestic commercial production of Low-Enriched Uranium (“LEU”) to meet the needs of existing and future nuclear reactors.  This is the third selection for Centrus under a series of three solicitations from the Department as part of a program to restore America’s domestic nuclear fuel supply for LEU and High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (“HALEU”).   

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10.08.2024

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Award for HALEU Deconversion

BETHESDA, Md. – Centrus Energy (NYSE American: LEU) announced today that its subsidiary, American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (“ACO”), has won an award from the U.S. Department of Energy to support deployment of technology and equipment to deconvert High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) from uranium hexafluoride (UF6) to uranium oxide and/or uranium metal forms, a key step in the nuclear fuel production process. 

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11.07.2023

Centrus Makes First HALEU Delivery to U.S. Department of Energy

BETHESDA, MD – Today, Centrus Energy Corp. announced that it has made its first delivery of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) to the U.S. Department of Energy, completing Phase One of its contract with the Department by successfully demonstrating its HALEU production process.  Centrus will now move on to Phase Two of the contract – requiring a full year of HALEU production at the rate of 900 kilograms per year at its American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio.

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12.01.2022

Centrus Energy Finalizes Contract with U.S. Department of Energy to Complete HALEU Cascade Construction and Produce HALEU for Up to 10 Years

Centrus Energy Corp. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, American Centrifuge Operating LLC, has signed a definitized contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to pioneer production of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) at its facility leased from DOE in Piketon, Ohio. 

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