DOE Audit Exposes Serious Problems in Centrus HALEU Contract Award
OHIO ATOMIC PRESS, Jason Salley — A Department of Energy Office of Inspector General report released July 2, 2025, blasts the Office of Nuclear Energy for steering a sole-source High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) contract to American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (a Centrus subsidiary), despite clear procurement rules and the company’s shaky finances (DOE-OIG-25-25). The audit…
Luckey’s Liquid Lie: Water Tests Reveal Ongoing Radiological and Heavy Metal Contamination at Former DOE Site
OHIO ATOMIC PRESS, Jason Salley — Beneath the state’s reassurances and PR-spin lies a toxic legacy still leaching into the ground. A newly released 105-page analytical report, quietly filed by GEL Laboratories for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), confirms what residents in this small northwest Ohio town have long suspected: radioactive uranium and dangerous…
Centrus pushes to import more foreign uranium to Ohio
OHIO ATOMIC PRESS, Jason Salley — American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (ACO), a Centrus Energy subsidiary, has filed a request with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow uranium feedstock sourced from foreign suppliers at its Piketon enrichment facility. The move comes after the Department of Energy granted Centrus a waiver in July 2024 that permits imports…
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