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 ⓘ
linked to: American Centrifuge Plant (planned)