BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2005--In another positive step toward licensing of the American Centrifuge Plant, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) today denied the petitions of the only two interveners seeking to participate in the hearing process for the plant's license application. The ASLB reviewed and found inadmissible each of the more than 25 individual contentions submitted by the petitioners concerning USEC Inc.'s application to build and operate the uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio. The interveners may appeal the decision to the Commission within 10 days.
USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU), a global energy company, is the world's leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.
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