BETHESDA, Md. - USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) has named Steven A. Wingfield as the Company’s director, investor relations. In this position Wingfield will serve as the Company’s liaison with shareholders and the financial community.

“Many of our shareholders already know Steve, as he has been involved in USEC’s IR activities since the Company’s IPO,” said Hal Shelton, USEC senior vice president and chief financial officer. “This appointment assures strong continuity with the financial community in this important position.” Wingfield replaces Ronald Seeholzer, who has been named as a senior manager with the Edison Electric Institute, the investor-owned electric utility association.

Wingfield joined USEC in July 1998 and initially served as director, corporate communications. He was promoted in May 1999 to director, investor communications.

Prior to working at USEC, Wingfield was manager of shareholder and customer communications at Washington Gas, and supervisor of shareholder communications and editorial services at Illinois Power. He previously served as an editor and bureau chief for the Daily Press in Newport News, Va. Wingfield earned a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and will receive an MBA degree from Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago this spring.

USEC Inc., a global energy company, is the world’s leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

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