DECISION TO DELAY REVIEW ON USEC LOAN GUARANTEE MUDDIES WATERS

摘要

The future of domestic uranium enricher USEC's American Centrifuge plant-and the federal loan guarantee needed to finance it-got murkier last week as the Department of Energy backed off of its plan to deny USEC's loan guarantee application in favor of delaying a decision for at least six months. After calling for USEC to withdraw its loan guarantee application July 28, citing "technical and financial" problems with the project, DOE and USEC agreed Aug.