LES (now URENCO USA*)
Building and Operating URENCO USA
LES (now branded URENCO USA*), a wholly owned subsidiary of
URENCO, has made significant progress in its goal to construct the
URENCO USA facility and become the first US centrifuge uranium enrichment plant. Robust project, operational, and corporate teams have been established to monitor construction activities, and ensure training and procedural development is on schedule.
History
On June 23, 2006, LES* made history when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for the first time, issued a license to construct and operate a gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plant to be known as the URENCO USA facility, located five miles east of Eunice, New Mexico in Lea County.
It is anticipated that at full capacity the plant can produce sufficient enriched uranium for nuclear fuel to provide approximately 10% of America’s electricity needs.
LES Management Committee
- Charlie Pryor
- Bart LeBlanc
- Helmut Engelbrecht
LES Lead Team
- Reinhard Hinterreither - President and CEO
- Paul Mason - Chief Finance Officer
- Gregory OD Smith - Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nuclear Officer
- Clint Williamson - Vice President for Governmental Affairs
- Brenda Brooks - Director of Community Affairs
- Perry Robinson - General Counsel
- Ruth Girón - Director of Human Resources and Communications
*LES was rebranded URENCO USA on 2 January 2010