WEATHERNUTHAVEN Fuel DOE Issues $2.7B Orders to Scale Domestic Nuclear LEU and HALEU Enrichment

DOE Issues $2.7B Orders to Scale Domestic Nuclear LEU and HALEU Enrichment

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its first production-scale task orders under a $2.7-billion uranium enrichment program launched in 2024, awarding $900 million each to Centrus Energy Corp., General Matter, and Orano Federal Services to expand domestic capacity for conventional low-enriched uranium (LEU) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) over the next decade. The […]

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Uranium yellowcake is used in the preparation of uranium fuel that is used in nuclear reactors. Source: DOE

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