050128 米国で最新型遠心分離機が完成、USEC社の発表
米国で最新型の遠心分離機が完成し、テネシー州オークリッジ市で
試験運転を始めた模様です。新型機による本格的ウラン濃縮工場の
建設は数年後とのこと。濃縮ウラン燃料を世界中に供給している
USEC社の発表で、これで軽水炉による原子力発電所への燃料供給は
十分確保されるとしています。ご参考まで。
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USEC Achieves Another American Centrifuge Milestone;
Company Begins Centrifuge Testing
(USEC Press Release, January 25, 2005)
BETHESDA,
Md.--(BUSINESSWIRE)
--Jan. 25, 2005--
USEC Inc.(NYSE:USU) announced today that it
has met another American Centrifuge program
milestone by beginning to
test a full-size
centrifuge machine. Today's announcement
marks the completion of eight milestones for
demonstrating and deploying the American
Centrifuge technology.
"We have a great team of
scientists,
engineers and technicians on
this project," said Ron Green, USEC
senior
vice president. "Their talent and
dedication will be even more valuable
as
the program enters this critical and
challenging phase of machine
testing."
Most of the machine's components
were manufactured in
USEC facilities in
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The centrifuge is
currently being
tested in the K-1600
facility, which was used until 1985 to
develop and
evaluate the original U.S.
Department of Energy machines on which
the
American Centrifuge is based. It
contains special test stands
with
diagnostic instrumentation for assessing
the performance of an
individual
centrifuge.
USEC expects to begin operating
the
American Centrifuge Demonstration
Facility in Piketon, Ohio later
this
year. The facility will yield cost,
schedule and performance data
before
USEC begins construction of the
full-scale American Centrifuge
Plant,
which is scheduled to be operable by the
end of the decade. The
plant is expected
to provide a reliable, competitive fuel
source for the
world's nuclear power
plants, while supporting U.S. energy
security and
national security
interests.
This news release
contains
forward-looking information (within the
meaning of the Private
Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that
involves risks and
uncertainty,
including certain assumptions regarding
the future
performance of USEC. Actual
results and trends may differ
materially
depending upon a variety of factors,
which are described in
USEC's periodic
filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These
SEC filings are
available on USEC's website,
www.usec.com.
USEC Inc., a global
energy
company, is the world's leading supplier
of enriched uranium fuel
for commercial
nuclear power plants.
CONTACT:
USEC
Inc.
Elizabeth Stuckle, 301-564-3399
or
Charles
Yulish, 301-564-3391
SOURCE: USEC Inc.
(提供:熱田利明氏)