Centrus says it has domestic-enrichment supply chain ready

Centrus Energy Corp. said its domestic supply chain is in place to produce uranium usable in defense as well as commercial programs. 

A spokesperson for Centrus told the Exchange Monitor in an email last week that Centrus’ manufacturing supply chain spans 13 states and 14 major suppliers, all of which are American companies. 

“That gives us the ability to build centrifuges that are fully unobligated and can support national security missions,” the spokesperson said.

The Bethesda, Md.-based uranium broker and enricher had for years been developing a proprietary enrichment technology with help from the Department of Energy. 

The efforts have led notably to a 16-machine cascade at DOE’s Portsmouth Site near Piketon, Ohio, which though initially limited to non-defense applications due to some foreign-made parts, is cranking out uranium for the federal government already. 

Centrus has also nabbed spots, most recently last week, on two DOE enrichment contracts that the agency put out as part of federal efforts to wean the U.S. off of Russian uranium by 2028. Most of Centrus revenue comes from brokering Russian uranium to U.S. customers.