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USEC American Centrifuge Plant to cost $3.5 billion

By Pavel Podvig on September 3, 2008 11:10 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBack

USEC has estimated that its American Centrifuge Plant project would cost $3.5 billion. The lead cascade of the plant being built in Piketon, Ohio, will consist of 50 AC100 machines. The cascade is expected to be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2009.

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Financing problems at the American Centrifuge Plant from Fuel cycle on February 15, 2009 12:04 AM

USEC is slowing down its work on the American Centrifuge Plant (ACP) at Piketon, Ohio due to delay with getting a $2 billion loan guarantee from DOE. The corporation applied for the loan guarantee in June 2008, but did not... Read More

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