WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives asked officials at the Energy Department on Wednesday how Centrus Energy Corp, a company whose chief recently served as deputy at the department, won a federal contract to demonstrate a production method for a new nuclear power plant fuel.
“We are deeply concerned about the Department of Energy’s award to Centrus Energy Corporation to demonstrate a method of producing” HALEU, the lawmakers said in a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The letter was spearheaded by Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat and chairwoman of the House Science Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, and Ralph Norman, the panel’s top Republican.
I don’t think it’s ever wise to enter into minerals contracts with Centaurs.