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Centrus To Build New Training, Operations & Maintenance Hall in Ohio to Support Expansion Plans
Centrus Energy (NYSE: LEU) announced today that it has initiated design work on a 150,000 square foot Training, Operations & Maintenance Facility in Piketon, Ohio – a critical piece of site infrastructure necessary to support the company's plans for a major expansion of its uranium enrichment capacity in Piketon. The project involves a significant renovation and rehabilitation of an existing, largely vacant building on the site of the American Centrifuge Plant, with construction activities set t
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