(The Center Square) – If the federal government comes through with funding, one of the country’s only uranium enrichment facilities expects to expand.
Centrus Energy announced Thursday morning the expansion of its American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, the only facility in the country producing high-assay, low-enriched uranium.
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