US Department of Energy awarded $2.7 billion to three companies "to provide enrichment services for LEU and HALEU:

• American Centrifuge Operating ($900 million) to create domestic HALEU enrichment capacity
• General Matter ($900 million) to create domestic HALEU enrichment capacity
• Orano Federal Services ($900 million) to expand U.S. domestic LEU enrichment capacity."

General Matter and Centrus/American Centrifuge Operating were among the four companies selected in 2024 to build domestic HALEU supply. In August 2025, General Matter leased a plot of land in Paducah with the intent to "reindustrialize the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant." The company has yet to operate an enrichment facility or, indeed, to unveil the technology it intends to use.

Centrus produced its first 900 kg of HALEU in 2025 and plans to expand the production capacity.

Orano received the award to build an enrichment facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The company estimated the total cost of this project "at nearly $5 billion."

The $2.7 billion award is part of the program to boost US domestic enrichment capacity announced in June 2024.