Centrus Energy has agreed to a strategic partnership with Fluor, which will serve as engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the planned expansion of an Ohio uranium enrichment plant.
The Bethesda, Md.-based Centrus will collaborate with Fluor through subsidiary American Centrifuge Operating, according to its Wednesday press release. The subsidiary operates the American Centrifuge Plant at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth site in Piketon, Ohio.
Under the multi-year agreement, Fluor will lead engineering and design of the expanded facility, manage the supply chain and procurement of prominent materials and services, oversee construction and commissioning, Centrus said.
“This is another critical milestone for us as we begin our expansion in earnest,” Centrus President and CEO Amir Vexler said. “Fluor is a global leader with decades of experience managing complex nuclear construction projects and is an ideal partner as we transition to a large-scale deployment. With centrifuge manufacturing already underway, we are moving full-speed ahead with our expansion.”
“We look forward to working with Centrus to restore the United States’ ability to enrich uranium at large-scale while fortifying its supply chain and creating local jobs,” said Al Collins, president of Fluor’s Mission Solutions business group in the release.
Centrus announced plans for a multi-billion-dollar expansion of its Piketon uranium enrichment plant September 2025 and began manufacturing centrifuges at its Oak Ridge, Tenn. facility for the expansion in December 2025.
According to the release, the expansion project includes “large-scale production of Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) to address its substantial commercial LEU enrichment contingent backlog of $2.3 billion and growing demand from existing reactors.”
The company also said that it is planning on building 12 metric tons of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) annually for advanced reactors. In January, Centrus was a recipient of a $900 million award from DOE to include the expansion of HALEU enrichment at its Piketon facility.