American Centrifuge RD&D program in Piketon to receive $150 million
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that an amendment to the transportation bill, which "includes language to provide the Department of Energy (DOE) the authority to transfer up to $150 million in existing funds to further the development of the American Centrifuge Research Development and Demonstration program at Piketon," passed last Tuesday, the Portsmouth Daily Times reports. The Piketon site will also receive "more than $120 million in cleanup funds through the DOE Office of Environmental Management program in the president's budget request" with a time frame for cleanup to be completed 20 years earlier than originally projected, the article said. For more, read the full story here.
