Fluor Named EPC Contractor for Centrus's Piketon Uranium Enrichment Expansion

Fluor named engineering lead for Piketon enrichment build-out

Fluor is serving as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for Centrus Energy’s multi‑billion‑dollar expansion of uranium enrichment capacity at Piketon, Ohio, a move that positions the company at the centre of a U.S. effort to restore large‑scale domestic enrichment. The agreement pairs Fluor’s decades of nuclear construction experience with Centrus’s advanced centrifuge manufacturing capabilities to accelerate design, procurement of critical materials, site construction oversight and commissioning support. Fluor says its role will include supply‑chain management and large‑scale deployment work intended to shorten schedules and mitigate execution risk on a complex nuclear industrial project.

The partnership signals a practical step in meeting both commercial reactor demand and national security objectives, as Centrus moves from prototype manufacturing to industrial production. Centrus executives describe the collaboration as a critical milestone in the company’s transition to large‑scale operations, and Fluor’s project management and construction expertise is expected to help translate centrifuge production into fielded enrichment capacity. Company officials frame the work as restoring U.S. enrichment capability that had atrophied and as strengthening domestic industrial base resilience for future advanced reactor fuel needs.

Fluor’s involvement also emphasises the role of established EPC firms in rebuilding nuclear fuel cycle infrastructure, combining regulatory, technical and heavy‑construction experience that smaller vendors typically lack. The contractor’s past nuclear projects give it experience managing complex safety, quality and logistics requirements that are central to a project handling low‑enriched and high‑assay uranium. Fluor says the collaboration supports broader U.S. energy and national security goals by enabling faster, more reliable delivery of enrichment capacity.

Scale, technology and capacity targets

Centrus is targeting large‑scale production of low‑enriched uranium to address a reported $2.3 billion commercial LEU enrichment contingent backlog and plans to add about 12 metric tons per year of high‑assay low‑enriched uranium (HALEU) capacity for next‑generation reactors. The company began centrifuge manufacturing in December 2025 and is investing more than $560 million to transition its advanced centrifuge factory for industrial output.

Government backing and local impact

The Department of Energy selects Centrus for a roughly $900 million HALEU task order in January 2026, and Centrus notes a National Nuclear Security Administration notification of intent to sole‑source certain national‑security activities. Centrus and Fluor say the project will strengthen domestic supply chains and create local jobs in Ohio as construction and commissioning proceed.