(Business Wire, Bethesda, 3 August 2010) Nuclear fuel enrichment centrifuge manufacturer USEC Inc. has updated its application for a US$2 billion loan guarantee from the US Dept. of Energy Loan Guarantee Program and is seeking Japanese ECA support through its relationship with Toshiba. France’s Areva is also planning to build an enrichment plant in Idaho. Meanwhile, European Union governments imposed their toughest sanctions yet on Iran, backing U.S. efforts to force Iran to halt uranium enrichment.
Date
9 September 2010
