Cameco Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages primarily in the exploration, development, mining, refining, conversion, and fabrication of uranium for sale as fuel for generating electricity in nuclear power reactors in Canada and internationally. It operates in four segments: Uranium, Fuel Services, Electricity, and Gold. The Uranium segment involves in the exploration for, mining, milling, purchase, and sale of uranium concentrate. It operates four mines in Canada and the United S ...

USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU), a global energy company, is a leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Revenues in 2006 were $1.85 billion. USEC headquarters are in Bethesda, Maryland.

Through its subsidiary, the United States Enrichment Corporation, USEC operates the only uranium enrichment facility in the United States: a gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, Kentucky.

Production of enriched uranium is a key step in producing nuclear fuel used by nuclear power ...