The US Department of Energy has extended Centrus Energy’s contract to produce high-assay, low-enriched uranium (Haleu) to 30 June 2026 with additional options for continued production for up to eight additional years.
In 2019, the DOE awarded Bethesda, Maryland-based Centrus a contract licence and construct a cascade of advanced centrifuges to demonstrate Haleu production at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio.
In 2022, Centrus won a three-phase follow-on contract to bring the cascade into production and deliver Haleu for the DOE’s use.