American Centrifuge Plant (planned)

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The American Centrifuge Plant (planned) is a proposed U.S. uranium enrichment facility intended to replace older gaseous diffusion technology with more efficient gas centrifuge methods.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial facility project
uranium enrichment plant
associatedIndustry nuclear fuel cycle
nuclear power
associatedWith Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
basedOn AC100 series centrifuge
American Centrifuge technology
U.S. gas centrifuge research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory
benefit higher energy efficiency than gaseous diffusion
lower operating costs than gaseous diffusion
reduced greenhouse gas emissions compared to gaseous diffusion
country United States
countryOfRegulation United States
developer Centrus Energy Corp.
enrichmentMethod gas centrifuge separation of uranium isotopes
environmentalOversight U.S. Department of Energy
feedForm natural UF6 cylinders
formerDeveloper USEC Inc.
fuelCycleStage enrichment stage of nuclear fuel cycle
intendedCapacity millions of SWU per year
intendedFeedMaterial uranium hexafluoride (UF6)
intendedIsotope uranium-235
intendedProduct low-enriched uranium (LEU)
location Piketon, Ohio
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site
ownershipHistory Centrus Energy Corp. (successor to USEC Inc.)
USEC Inc. (original project sponsor)
plannedProductForm enriched UF6 cylinders
projectType commercial enrichment facility
purpose production of low-enriched uranium
uranium enrichment for commercial nuclear power reactors
regulator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
relatedProgram American Centrifuge Project
relatedTo U.S. domestic enrichment capability
replacement of legacy enrichment infrastructure in the United States
replacesTechnology gaseous diffusion
safetyOversight U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
status not in commercial operation
partially constructed
planned
strategicRole enhancing U.S. energy security through domestic enrichment
modernization of U.S. uranium enrichment technology base
technologyUsed gas centrifuge

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Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant successorFacility American Centrifuge Plant (planned)
American Centrifuge Plant (planned) relatedProgram American Centrifuge Project
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