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USEC Takes Major Step in American Centrifuge Program
USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) announced today a major step in the American Centrifuge program with the operation of a cascade of AC100 centrifuge machines in a commercial-plant configuration in Piketon, Ohio. USEC refers to its production centrifuge machine design as the AC100 series centrifuge machine.
“This is an important step forward beyond our earlier prototype machines. These are production machines built by our suppliers for the commercial American Centrifuge Plant,” said USEC President and CEO John K. Welch. “Operating these AC100 machines in commercial-plant configuration shows the progress we continue to make in deploying the American Centrifuge technology.
“We have invested more than $1.7 billion in this project to update the technology, to reestablish critical manufacturing infrastructure and to begin construction of the commercial plant. This phase is one of the last steps necessary to demonstrate that the world’s most advanced centrifuge technology is ready for commercial deployment. It validates our supply chain for manufacturing of centrifuge machines and confirms that the technology is ready to transition for commercial operation.
“Lead Cascade operations are integral to our efforts to address DOE’s requirements for a loan guarantee. Our mission now will be to accumulate significant run-time on the cascade while we continue to manufacture and install a limited number of additional AC100 centrifuge machines as we keep our manufacturing base active and positioned for remobilization of the project.”
The cascade is operating in a commercial plant configuration and at commercial plant assays. USEC expects to operate the machines at commercial plant conditions obtaining data on machine-to-machine interactions, system performance and plant design. The cascade is anticipated to run until a brief, scheduled outage in June required by our operating license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Beginning in August 2007, USEC has operated prototype machines as part of a Lead Cascade test program that has provided valuable data on operational characteristics of the machines, aided in developing improvements to the design of the commercial production machines and given staff operational experience. The Company has operated centrifuges for more than 338,000 machine hours during the Lead Cascade testing program that includes both prototype machines and the AC100 series machines.
For more information, visit USEC’s new dedicated website for the American Centrifuge Project: http://www.americancentrifuge.com.
USEC Inc., a global energy company, is a leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.
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