An Assured, American Source of LEU and HALEU
Centrus has launched a multi-billion-dollar expansion of our uranium enrichment capacity in Piketon, Ohio to include large-scale production of Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) for existing reactors and High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) for next-generation reactors.
Meeting customer requirements
At our American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, we are deploying the world’s most advanced centrifuges to meet the full range of enrichment requirements, from LEU to HALEU.
The Piketon plant is the only active HALEU production facility in the western world and is already licensed for both LEU and HALEU production.
Room To Grow
The Piketon plant has room for more than 11,000 centrifuges — enough for large-scale production of LEU and HALEU, as well as uranium enrichment for U.S. national security missions.
Fueling the Future
Since 2023, Centrus has been pioneering U.S. production of HALEU — an advanced fuel that is critical to the next generation of reactors.
Why HALEU?
- Higher Energy Density
The higher concentration of fissile U-235 in HALEU compared to LEU means that the fuel has higher energy density. The reactor core is physically smaller, allowing for smaller, simpler designs and making it an ideal solution for micro-reactors that are in many cases required to be transportable. - High Temperature Heat
Many next-generation reactor designs are ideally suited to provide high-temperature heat for industrial applications. Almost without exception, the reactors that can achieve temperatures in this range are HALEU-fueled designs. - Reduced Refueling Outages
With a U-235 concentration as high as 19.75%, some HALEU-fueled reactor cores are designed to last for years or even decades without refueling. - Space Reactors
With its high energy density, HALEU can power the future of space exploration, including reactors on the moon and nuclear-thermal propulsion systems that could take us to Mars and beyond.