US company to go ahead with new uranium plant


CINCINNATI (AP): The United States' only provider of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants says it will go ahead with development of a southern Ohio project even though it has been unable to attract financing in the $3.5 billion venture.

USEC Inc., based in Bethesda, Maryland, is developing the American Centrifuge project on the site of a former gaseous diffusion plant in Piketon, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of Cincinnati.

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