HALEU Enrichment at American Centrifuge Plant
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Source: American Nuclear Society (ANS)
American Centrifuge Operating (ACO), a subsidiary of Centrus Energy, has started enriching uranium hexafluoride gas to high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) levels at the Department of Energy’s enrichment facility in Piketon, Ohio. The HALEU will be used to fuel initial cores of two demonstration reactors under DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program and support fuel qualification and testi
- Status
- Under Construction
- Sector
- Nuclear
- Location
- Piketon, Ohio, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- American Nuclear Society (ANS)
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Description | American Centrifuge Operating (ACO), a subsidiary of Centrus Energy, has started enriching uranium hexafluoride gas to high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) levels at the Department of Energy’s enrichment facility in Piketon, Ohio. The HALEU will be used to fuel initial cores of two demonstration reactors under DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program and support fuel qualification and testing of other advanced reactor designs. |
Original sector | Energy |
Location
Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Ohio |
City | Piketon |
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Source | American Nuclear Society (ANS) |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Nuclear |
Article published date | 2026-07-17 |
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