The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) authorised on Monday (25 September) a proposed demonstration project to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (Haleu) under development by Bethesda-based American Centrifuge Operating (ACO).
The NRC said ACO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centrus Energy, can now possess and use enough uranium to perform the first phase of the company’s contract with the US Department of Energy (DOE), involving the production of 20 kg of Haleu.
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