Centrus Energy (NYSE: LEU) announced today that President and CEO Amir Vexler will ring the Opening Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange on at 9:30 a.m. ET tomorrow, Thursday, February 19. The ceremony recognizes the launch of Centrus’ multi–billion–dollar expansion of its uranium enrichment capacity in Piketon, Ohio — a project designed to strengthen the nation’s nuclear fuel supply chain, create thousands of American jobs, and support both the existing reactor fleet and national security needs as well as next–generation advanced nuclear technologies.
Coverage of the ceremony will be livestreamed at www.nyse.com/bell.
“After decades of underinvestment in our country’s nuclear fuel supply chain, Centrus is leading the effort to restore America’s ability to enrich uranium at a large scale,” said Centrus President and CEO Amir Vexler. “The multi-billion-dollar expansion we launched in December will provide an assured, affordable, domestic source of enriched uranium to meet America’s urgent civilian and national security requirements. We are honored to have been invited to ring the Opening Bell in recognition of this historic effort.”
Hiring and centrifuge manufacturing already underway to support the expansion – which will include large-scale production of both Low–Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the existing reactor fleet and High–Assay, Low–Enriched Uranium (HALEU) for advanced reactors, along with enrichment for national security missions. The project is expected to directly create 1,300 construction and operations jobs in Ohio, 430 manufacturing jobs in Tennessee, and thousands of supply jobs across the country.
