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.
USEC American Centrifuge Plant to cost $3.5 billion
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