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Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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DOE contract boosts Centrus’s HALEU goals as Urenco continues LEU expansion
In the latest twist in a long-term, multistep contracting arrangement with the Department of Energy, Centrus Energy has signed a contract to finalize terms of a $900 million DOE task order to expand production capacity for high-assay low-enriched uranium at its American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. The expansion is part of Centrus’s multibillion-dollar capacity expansion that also includes low-enriched uranium.
The new DOE award allows the company to transition its HALEU production cascade to a commercial-scale operation at Piketon. The contract also includes options for as much $170 million in HALEU purchases for DOE missions, for a total contract value of $1.07 billion. Those options are subject to the discretion of DOE.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Michigan/Michigan State
Session Chair:
Haiyan N. Zhao
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Preliminary Study for Cr-coating Effect on Burst Behavior under Simulated LOCA Conditions
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Samuel Benda (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Thomas Demo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hwasung Yeom (Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Microstructural Evolution of Cr-coated Zr-alloy Using Different Concentrations of Deep Eutectic Solvent: A Detailed Microscopic and Spectroscopic Analyses
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Ghadeer H. Mohamed (Khalifa Univ.), Karuppasamy Karuppasamy (Khalifa Univ.), Saeed A. Ameri (Khalifa Univ.), Akram AlFantazi (Khalifa Univ.)
Preliminary Study on Hoop Tensile Properties of Cr-coated SiC-SiCf Composite Cladding
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Dong Il Shim (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hwasung Yeom (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Sarah Oswald (General Atomics), Christian Deck (General Atomics), Woo H. Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Analysis of the Time Available in TLFW Sequences in PWR NPPs with ATF
4:15–4:35PM CDT
David Canal (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Cesar Queral (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Emilio Castro (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Jorge Sanchez-Torrijos (NFQ Advisory Services)
Initial Investigation of Tensile C-Ring Pull Test for SiC/SiC Composite Cladding
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Spencer T. Doran (Oregon State), Joel Kosmatka (General Atomics), David M. Frazer (General Atomics), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)