Company: LEU
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-049844
Chunk: 105

Company: CENTRUS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 105
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 are generally shorter-term, fixed-commitment contracts. Individual customer orders for the SWU component of LEU fulfilled in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 averaged approximately $12.5 million per order. As a result, a relatively small shift in the timing of customer orders for LEU may cause significant variability in our operating results period over period.

Utility customers, in general, have the option to make payment but defer receipt of SWU and uranium products purchased from Centrus beyond the contractual sale period, resulting in the deferral of revenue recognition and related costs. Refer to Note 2, Revenue and Contracts with Customers, of the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.

Our financial performance over time can be affected significantly by changes in prices for SWU and natural uranium hexafluoride. Market prices for SWU and uranium significantly declined from 2011 until mid-2018, when they began to trend upward. More recently, market uncertainty in the wake of the war in Ukraine has driven SWU and natural uranium hexafluoride prices sharply higher. Since our backlog includes contracts awarded to us in previous years, the average SWU price billed to customers typically lags published price indicators by several years. Revenue in our LEU business varies based upon the timing of customer contracts. The pricing of deliveries varies depending upon the market conditions at the time the contract was signed and may not reflect current market prices.

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The Import Ban Act, which bans the importation of LEU from Russia, may severely limit importation through 2027, unless we are successful in securing additional waivers for 2026 and 2027, and will cut off supply of LEU from Russia after 2027. Notwithstanding our ability to obtain waivers under the Import Ban Act, the Russian Decree, which prohibits the exportation of Russian LEU from Russia unless TENEX secures a permit for each shipment, may severely limit exportation of LEU from Russia through December 31, 2025. This has drawn attention to the potential for significant tightening of supplies in the market. Russian enrichment plants represent 43% of the world’s capacity, and Russian capacity significantly exceeds its domestic needs. According to data from the WNA, the annual enrichment requirements of reactors worldwide outside of Russia vastly exceeds the available supply of non-Russian enrichment, which potentially threatens the viability of some reactors, including those in the United States. While inventories and increased production at non-Russian plants may partially mitigate the shortfall, these options would not fully replace