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$900,000,000

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE OPERATING, LLC

energyactive
WORK BEGAN2026-07-06·LATEST ACTION2026-07-01·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_89243226FNE400212_8900_89243225DNE000022_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

Establishes domestic commercial production of high-assay low-enriched uranium for DOE procurement and advanced reactor development.

Sub-sectors
uranium-enrichmentnuclear-fueldomestic-supply
Why this matters

HALEU production is essential for advanced U.S. reactor designs and reduces uranium-enrichment dependence on foreign suppliers.

Supply-chain signal

Stimulates domestic demand for uranium feedstock and enrichment technology; reduces reliance on foreign HALEU suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly counters Chinese and Russian domination of uranium enrichment; advances U.S. energy independence and nuclear fuel security.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-07-03. Cost: $0.013218.

Period of performance
Start
2026-07-06
End
2036-07-05
Status
activein 3654 days
Sources

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