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Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant is a facility located in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio, just south of Piketon, Ohio, that previously produced enriched uranium, including highly enriched weapons-grade uranium, for the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the U.S. nuclear weapons program and Navy nuclear propulsion; in later years, it produced low-enriched uranium for fuel for ...
The demolition of part of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon is scheduled to be completed at the end of this year, Flour-BWXT announced at the commissioners meeting on Monday.
Centrus Energy Corp. (formerly USEC Inc.) is an American company that supplies nuclear fuel for use in nuclear power plants and works to develop and deploy advanced centrifuge technology to produce enriched uranium for commercial and government uses, including for national security.
Piketon was expected to exhibit a growth economy during the early 21st century with the establishment of a full-size commercial uranium enrichment plant by 2012. However, in September 2015, the Department of Energy halted the project. Ohio Senator Rob Portman said, "This news is a major blow to the Piketon community and southeast Ohio". [6]
The company hopes to triple its Oak Ridge workforce in a bid to end U.S. reliance on Russia for enriched uranium.
Adding zip codes in Pike and Scioto County to the bill’s new Nuclear Storage Exposure Provision would ensure workers and residents in Ohio adjacent to the U.S. Department of Energy site in ...
Bethesda, Maryland-based Centrus Energy Corp. will be producing the high-assay, low-enriched uranium at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, about 68 miles (109 kilometers) south of Columbus.
US Nuclear Forced to Expand Its Ohio Production Floor and Shipment Volume to Keep Up With the Surge of Incoming Orders 08/19/2024 08:30 -0400 LOS ANGELES, CA, Aug. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To help keep up with surging incoming purchase orders, US Nuclear Corp. (OTC: UCLE) is now significantly expanding their Overhoff (Ohio) production floor ...