The Daily Dig
Centrus Energy has selected Geiger Brothers, Inc. as the construction contractor for its multi-billion-dollar uranium enrichment expansion at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. The April 20 announcement marks another key step in Centrus' push to deploy thousands of additional centrifuges capable of producing both Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) and High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU).
Fluor Corporation serves as the project's EPC contractor, covering engineering, design, project management, and procurement. Geiger Brothers handles the physical build-out on the ground in Ohio. Centrus says the split structure is designed to generate efficiencies and potentially reduce project costs.
Geiger Brothers is not new to this site. The Jackson, Ohio-based firm previously served as a construction partner on Centrus' existing HALEU cascade and on an earlier LEU demonstration cascade completed in 2013.
The expanded facility is built to support Centrus' $2.3 billion commercial LEU backlog and is expected to produce at least 12 metric tons of HALEU per year. Centrifuge manufacturing to feed the expansion is already underway at Centrus' Oak Ridge, Tennessee plant, where production launched in December 2025.
Snapshot:
Project: American Centrifuge Plant Expansion
Owner/Developer: Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE: LEU)
EPC Contractor: Fluor Corporation
Construction Contractor: Geiger Brothers, Inc.
Location: Piketon, Ohio
Sector: Nuclear / Energy
Scope: Deployment of thousands of AC100M centrifuges for LEU and HALEU production
Project Value: Multi-billion-dollar
TheJobWalk Thoughts
Splitting EPC and construction responsibilities the way Centrus has done here is a deliberate cost and schedule play. Fluor manages engineering, procurement, and project oversight while Geiger Brothers owns field execution. That keeps craft labor under a contractor who knows the region, the workforce, and in this case, the actual job site.
Geiger's history at Piketon is the detail that matters most. They built the existing HALEU cascade there. That kind of site continuity on a complex nuclear project is not something you replicate with a new contractor. For subs with heavy industrial or nuclear-adjacent experience in Ohio, this one is worth tracking.
