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Article: NRC ISSUES SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT FOR PROPOSED GAS CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT PLANT IN OHIO
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 12, 2006
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following press release:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its Safety Evaluation Report for the American Centrifuge Plant, proposed to be built in Piketon, Ohio. The report concludes that the plant, as described, would operate safely and would not pose an undue risk to the health and safety of workers or the public.
USEC Inc. submitted its license application for the American Centrifuge Plant on Aug. 23, 2004. USEC proposes to use a design based on gas centrifuge technology developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to enrich uranium for use in fuel for commercial nuclear power reactors. The plant is to be built at DOE's ...