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, 2005 to shareholders of record on May 27, 2005. This will be USEC’s 27th consecutive quarterly dividend payment since its initial public offering in 1998.

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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