In a wave of enthusiasm that followed the signing of a U.S.-Russian agreement that will make it easier for Russia to sell enrichment services in the United States, Rosatom expressed interest in building a centrifuge enrichment facility in the United States. The projected facility would provide about 3 million SWU/year.
Russia may build a centrifuge plant in the U.S.?
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Tenex director Alexei Grigoryev was quoted as saying that Russia is in negotiations about a possibility of building a centrifuge uranium enrichment facility in the United States. According to Grigoryev, this project would most likely be a joint venture... Read More
According to a Financial Times report, Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Rosatom, confirmed that his corporation is in talks about building an enrichment facility in the United States. These talks were reported earlier - in 2008 and in 2009. The 2008... Read More
U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) and Russia's Tekhsnabexport (Tenex) signed a contract that will provide USEC with access to Russian low-enriched uranium after 2013, when the current HEU-LEU deal ends. The contract reportedly includes supply of 21 mi... Read More
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