Courtesy of Benzinga.
The USEC (NYSE: USU) American Centrifuge program in Piketon, Ohio,
has successfully passed an unannounced “station blackout” test that is
part of a program to prove the uranium enrichment technology’s technical
readiness. Technicians, without warning, interrupted the external power
supply to the commercial demonstration cascade facilities in order to
test the responsiveness of equipment, backup systems and personnel at
the uranium enrichment plant to a total loss of outside power. This test
is part of the cost-shared research, development and demonstration
(RD&D) program with the Department of Energy (DOE), designed to
demonstrate the technical readiness of the American Centrifuge to meet
national security needs.
“I am pleased to report that all of our personnel
