Construction Activities at the American Centrifuge Plant

Current construction at the site includes:

Building out the balance of plant, including electric, telecommunications, cooling and water distribution,
Preparing the production building floor for machine mounts,
Constructing a new boiler building,
Refurbishing the feed and withdrawal facility where uranium hexafluoride will be heated to a gaseous state before introduction into the centrifuge cascades and the subsequent withdrawal of the low enriched uranium product.

USEC also expects to begin installation of service modules that provide the piping and electrical infrastructure for the centrifuge machines later this year.

Boiler Building

In March 2008, the first of three concrete pours occurred for the foundation of the new Boiler Building at the plant.

Steel structure for the boiler building being erected in May 2008

This building is one of the new buildings to be constructed on site at Piketon to support the American Centrifuge Plant. The building will house three RHW (Recirculating Heating Water) boilers to provide heating water for process needs and for building heat to centrifuge plant facilities. The building is scheduled to become operational this fall.

Feed and Withdrawal Facility

As part of the plant construction, the Feed and Withdrawal Facility is being completely refurbished to accommodate the systems and processes required to safely and efficiently support the plant operation.

New process designs are being incorporated into the existing facility to meet performance based requirements that did not exist when the facility was originally designed and constructed.