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$900,000,000

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to GENERAL MATTER, INC.

energyactive
WORK BEGAN2026-03-15·LATEST ACTION2026-06-09·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_89243226FNE400213_8900_89243225DNE000023_8900
Award description

THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER (TO) IS TO ESTABLISH NEW ANNUAL DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL HIGH-ASSAY LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM (HALEU) CAPACITY AND BEGIN PRODUCTION OF HALEU UF6 FOR PURCHASE BY DOE.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Establish domestic production capacity for high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel to supply the Department of Energy.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-fuelhaleu-productiondoe-procurement
Why this matters

HALEU is critical for advanced reactor designs; domestic production reduces U.S. dependence on foreign nuclear fuel and strengthens energy security.

Supply-chain signal

This contract establishes a new domestic supplier for specialized nuclear fuel, reducing reliance on international enrichment facilities and supporting the U.S. nuclear supply chain.

U.S.–China competition angle

Domestic HALEU production counters China's growing influence in nuclear fuel markets and supports U.S. leadership in advanced reactor technology.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002887.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-15
End
2036-03-14
Status
activein 3545 days
Sources

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