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UT-Battelle extends American Centrifuge agreement for uranium enrichment

Posted at 11:47 am January 23, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

American Centrifuge Technology Manufacturing Center

The American Centrifuge Technology Manufacturing Center in south Oak Ridge is pictured above. (Photo courtesy USEC/Centrus Energy Corp.)

UT-Battelle, the contractor that operates Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has added another six months to an agreement being used to develop new uranium-enrichment technology through operations in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Piketon, Ohio.

The six-month extension was announced Friday by Centrus Energy Corporation, formerly known as USEC. UT-Battelle has exercised its option to extend the American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations Agreement, or ACTDO Agreement, by six months from March 31 to September 30, 2015, Centrus said.

ORNL had previously exercised an option to extend the agreement through March 31, 2015.

The six-month extension allows the continued demonstration and operation of the only uranium enrichment technology in the United States, Centrus said in a press release. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: ACTDO, ACTDO Agreement, American Centrifuge, American Centrifuge Operating LLC, American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations Agreement, Centrus, Centrus Energy Corporation, DOE, enriched uranium, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, U.S. Department of Energy, uranium enrichment, UT-Battelle

USEC: ORNL extends American Centrifuge demonstration program into 2015

Posted at 1:36 pm August 14, 2014
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American Centrifuge Technology Manufacturing Center

The American Centrifuge Technology Manufacturing Center in south Oak Ridge is pictured above. (Photos courtesy USEC)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has exercised an option to extend the American Centrifuge demonstration program into 2015, USEC announced Wednesday.

The announcement was included in a report on second quarter results, when the uranium enrichment company had a net loss of $28 million. USEC, which has operations in Oak Ridge, is undergoing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is turning over its gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, Kentucky, to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Funding for the next-generation American Centrifuge activities was previously provided under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy. Under that cost-sharing agreement, DOE provided 80 percent of the funding, and USEC provided 20 percent for research, development, and demonstration work performed from June 1, 2012, through April 30, 2014, when the agreement expired.

On May 1, USEC signed a new agreement with UT-Battelle, which manages and operates ORNL for DOE. The agreement was called the American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations, or ACTDO, agreement, and it allows for continued cascade operations and the continuation of core American Centrifuge research and technology activities and the furnishing of related reports to ORNL, USEC said in its quarterly report.

On July 31, ORNL exercised its option to extend the period of performance for the ACTDO Agreement by an additional six months to March 31, 2015. The agreement also provides ORNL with one additional option to extend the agreement by six months to September 30, 2015. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, DOE, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: ACTDO, American Centrifuge, American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations, cascade operations, Chapter 11 bankruptcy, cooperative agreement, demonstration program, DOE, enriched uranium, financial restructuring, Jeremy Derryberry, layoffs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Paducah, research development and demonstration, U.S. Department of Energy, uranium enrichment, USEC, UT-Battelle

More than 100 jobs terminated as B&W work on USEC centrifuge project ends

Posted at 2:25 pm May 20, 2014
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American Centrifuge Technology Manufacturing Center

The American Centrifuge Technology Manufacturing Center in south Oak Ridge is pictured above. (Photos courtesy USEC)

But hundreds of jobs maintained in Ohio and Tennessee, USEC says

Babcock and Wilcox has terminated the employment of more than 100 workers who had been involved in the American Centrifuge project with USEC, and Monday was the last day of work for most of them, a spokesperson said.

“B&W’s involvement in the American Centrifuge Manufacturing LLC has transitioned fully to USEC, which will result in the termination of all 122 employees B&W had engaged in the effort,” said Aimee Mills, B&W media relations lead.

Mills said roughly 25 employees will be released during the next two months as the “final steps of demobilization take place” on the advanced uranium enrichment project, which has included centrifuge manufacturing in Oak Ridge and the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio.

“Some of those affected have been reassigned within B&W,” Mills said. “We have also provided assistance by way of job fairs and workshops to update resumes.”

Meanwhile, USEC has notified a small group of its Oak Ridge employees who worked on manufacturing activities that they would be laid off, Communications Manager Jeremy Derryberry said Tuesday. Several were transferred to other parts of the centrifuge program. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: ACTDO, Aimee Mills, American Centrifuge, American Centrifuge Manufacturing LLC, American Centrifuge Plant, American Centrifuge Project, American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations, B&W, Babcock and Wilcox Co., centrifuge, centrifuge enrichment, Chapter 11 bankruptcy, employees, enriched uranium, Jeremy Derryberry, K-1600, national security, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, reactors, U.S. Department of Energy, USEC, UT-Battelle, WARN notices, workers

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