Centrus ships first centrifuge for Piketon plant expansion world-nuclear-news.org

Centrus has shipped the first advanced centrifuge made at its Oak Ridge, Tennessee, facility to its Piketon, Ohio, plant, where it will be assembled into new enrichment cascades. The expansion, backed by a US Department of Energy task order worth up to $1.07 billion, aims to add commercial-scale HALEU production capacity, with the first new capacity expected online in 2029.