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 High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU), which is needed to fuel many next-generation nuclear reactor designs currently under development. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a special briefing for policymakers on Capitol Hill today, Centrus said that the $3.4 billion that Congress has made available for domestic nuclear fuel production should be focused on deploying American uranium enrichment technology that is manufactured in the United States, by American workers, as opposed to foreign-origin centrifuge technologies that are manufactured overseas. 

Bethesda, Md. – Centrus Energy Corp. today announced that, in recognition of the launch of the first U.S.-owned and U.S. technology uranium enrichment plant to begin production in 70 years, President and CEO Amir Vexler will ring The Closing Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange at 4:00 p.m. ET tomorrow, Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Lightbridge Corporation and Centrus Energy Corp. today announced a contract to conduct a front-end engineering and design study to add a dedicated Lightbridge Pilot Fuel Fabrication Facility at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio.  The FEED study will identify infrastructure and licensing requirements as well as the estimated cost and construction schedule for the LPFFF.

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.

PIKETON, OH – Today, Centrus Energy announced that it has begun enrichment operations at its High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) facility in Piketon, Ohio, and expects to begin withdrawing HALEU product later this month.  It is the only NRC-licensed HALEU facility in the United States and the first new U.S.-owned, U.S.-technology uranium enrichment plant to begin production since 1954.  

Centrus Energy Corp announced today that it expects to begin first-of-a-kind production of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) in October 2023, approximately two months ahead of schedule, at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. 

Oklo Inc. and Centrus Energy Corp. today announced a new Memorandum of Understanding between the two companies to support the deployment of Oklo’s advanced fission powerhouses and advanced nuclear fuel production in Southern Ohio, making the region a critical hub for the future of the U.S. nuclear industry.

TerraPower and Centrus Energy Corp. announced today a new memorandum of understanding to significantly expand their collaboration aimed at establishing commercial-scale, domestic production capabilities for high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to supply TerraPower’s first-of-a-kind NatriumTM reactor and energy storage system.

Bethesda, MD – Centrus Energy Corp announced today that it has successfully completed its operational readiness reviews with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and received NRC approval to possess uranium at the Piketon, Ohio site and introduce uranium into the cascade of centrifuges Centrus has constructed.