France's state-owned company Orano announced a plan to build a large enrichment facility in the United States. The facility will be located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The company apparently plans to use the funds allocated by the US Department of Energy to boost domestic enrichment capacity.

In 2008, Orano's predecessor, Areva, had a plan to build an enrichment facility, known as Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility, EREF, in Idaho. The project, however, was abandoned in 2011 and Orano USA withdrew the license in 2018.