USEC has appointed a new project technical director for its beleaguered American Centrifuge program. Gerald Prudom, who will coordinate all technical aspects of the project to build a centrifuge uranium enrichment plant based on US-developed technology, has already been with the project since 2005, prior to which he worked for over 30 years for the US Department of Energy (DoE) and US Navy's Naval Reactors Program. Financing worries which have beset the project were compounded earlier this year when the DoE denied it a federal loan guarantee, although it later agreed to give USEC a further six months to address its concerns before reaching a final ruling. In a newly released update, USEC said it is working to address those concerns and hopes to have its AC100 Lead Cascade in operation in early 2010.
New technical director for American Centrifuge
USEC has appointed a new project technical director for its beleaguered American Centrifuge program. Gerald Prudom, who will coordinate all technical aspects of the project to build a centrifuge uranium enrichment plant based on US-developed technology, has already been with the project since 2005, prior to which he worked for over 30 years for the US Department of Energy (DoE) and US Navy's Naval Reactors Program. Financing worries which have beset the project were compounded earlier this year when the DoE denied it a federal loan guarantee, although it later agreed to give USEC a further six months to address its concerns before reaching a final ruling. In a newly released update, USEC said it is working to address those concerns and hopes to have its AC100 Lead Cascade in operation in early 2010.
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