U.S. Department of Energy Announces Award for HALEU Deconversion

American Centrifuge Operating, LLC is one of six awardees BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Centrus Energy (NYSE American: LEU) announced today that its subsidiary, American Centrifuge Operating, LLC ("ACO"), has won an award from the U.S. Department of Energy to support deployment of technology and equipment to deconvert High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) from uranium hexafluoride (UF6) to uranium oxide and/or uranium metal forms, a key step in the nuclear fuel production process. "This awa ...