PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s senators want to meet with the
U.S. energy secretary to promote a uranium enrichment project in
southern Ohio.
Sens. Rob Portman, a Republican from the Cincinnati
area, and Cleveland Democrat Sherrod Brown recently wrote jointly to
Secretary Ernest Moniz, saying they’d like to get a project progress
update, discuss its future, and ask how they can help the Department of
Energy.
They have for years supported funding for the American
Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, saying the enriched uranium project is
needed for national security and energy supplies. They also say the
plant is important to revitalizing an economically struggling region.
Congress
has funded continued research and development. The senators want to
hear the long-term plans for the project, saying in their letter that
it’s "too important to fail now."
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PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s senators want to meet with the
U.S. energy secretary to promote a uranium enrichment project in
southern Ohio.
Sens. Rob Portman, a Republican from the Cincinnati
area, and Cleveland Democrat Sherrod Brown recently wrote jointly to
Secretary Ernest Moniz, saying they’d like to get a project progress
update, discuss its future, and ask how they can help the Department of
Energy.
They have for years supported funding for the American
Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, saying the enriched uranium project is
needed for national security and energy supplies. They also say the
plant is important to revitalizing an economically struggling region.
Congress
has funded continued research and development. The senators want to
hear the long-term plans for the project, saying in their letter that
it’s "too important to fail now."
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.