BETHESDA, Md. - The Board of Directors of USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) today declared a quarterly dividend of 13.75 cents per share on USEC’s common stock. The dividend is payable June 15, 2000 to shareholders of record on May 26, 2000.

USEC Inc. is the world’s leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. A global energy company, USEC has it headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, and operates production plants in Kentucky and Ohio.

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