What Mid-America Conversion Services does

Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC (MCS) is a joint venture formed by Atkins Nuclear Secured, Westinghouse Electric Company, and Fluor Corporation to serve as the prime contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy's Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Project. The company operates and manages two DOE-owned conversion facilities — at Paducah, Kentucky and Piketon (Portsmouth), Ohio — converting the federal government's inventory of 63,000+ DUF6 cylinders into stable uranium oxide (UOX) for safe storage and disposition. MCS's corporate office is located in Lexington, Kentucky.

MCS's core technology is a five-stage chemical conversion process: (1) cylinder recycling for 10-ton and 14-ton DUF6 cylinders, (2) sublimation to convert solid DUF6 to gaseous form in heated autoclaves, (3) chemical conversion using steam and hydrogen in an exothermic reaction to separate uranium oxide from hydrofluoric acid, (4) oxide powder handling via hoppers and roller-compactors into recycled cylinders, and (5) hydrofluoric acid recovery, scrubbing, storage, and sale to industrial buyers. The company operates all seven production lines across both sites under the tagline "Seven Lines — One Project." Supporting the conversion operations are an Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS), a Human Performance Program, and cylinder surveillance and maintenance services.

MCS operates as a managed services prime contractor under a DOE contract administered by the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO). Revenue is generated primarily through the government contract for facility operations, cylinder management, and conversion processing, with a secondary commercial revenue stream from the sale of recovered aqueous hydrofluoric acid (AqHF) byproduct. The company is ISO 14001-conforming and operates under Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board oversight. There are no consumer-facing pricing models, and the business has effectively one customer: the U.S. Department of Energy.

Name

Mid-America Conversion Services

Legal name

MID-AMERICA CONVERSION SERVICES, LLC

Website

https://duf6-mcs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mid-America Conversion Services is a joint venture of Atkins, Westinghouse, and Fluor that serves as the DOE's prime contractor for converting 63,000+ cylinders of depleted uranium hexafluoride into stable uranium oxide at Paducah, KY and Portsmouth, OH facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nuclear Materials Conversion Services

NAICS

Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (325180)

SIC

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810)

akta.pro primary industry

Deconversion (UF6 to UO2/U3O8) (EUAKACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fuel Cycle Support Services (Engineering, licensing support, conversion/enrichment contracting) (EUAKACAL)

Keywords

• Depleted uranium conversion
• DUF6 processing services
• Nuclear facility operations
• Uranium hexafluoride handling
• Government nuclear contracting

Headquarters

HQ city

Kevil

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Government Contract Services - DOE DUF6 Conversion: MCS operates as the prime contractor for the DOE DUF6 Conversion Project. Revenue is generated through government contract for managing conversion facilities, performing cylinder surveillance and maintenance, operating conversion facilities, and selling processed products (uranium oxide and aqueous hydrofluoric acid).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mid-America Conversion Services operates as the prime contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy's Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Project, running seven production lines across facilities at Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio. The company's core work is converting the DOE's DUF6 inventory into stable uranium oxide (UOX) through a five-stage chemical process that includes cylinder handling, sublimation/vaporization, chemical separation, oxide powder handling, and hydrofluoric acid recovery. MCS also performs ongoing cylinder surveillance and maintenance for more than 63,000 stored cylinders, manages the resulting uranium oxide for storage and disposition, and sells recovered aqueous hydrofluoric acid as an industrial byproduct.

Product overview

Mid-America Conversion Services (MCS) operates the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities at two U.S. Department of Energy sites near Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio. The company's core offering is the DUF6 Conversion Process, a five-stage chemical conversion operation that includes cylinder recycling, vaporization/sublimation, chemical conversion to separate uranium oxide (UOX) from hydrofluoric acid (HF), oxide powder handling, and HF recovery. Supporting this are the Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) and Human Performance Program. MCS provides cylinder surveillance and maintenance for over 63,000 DUF6 cylinders, manages the resulting uranium oxide products for storage/disposition, and sells the recovered hydrofluoric acid. The company also offers community commitment programs, educational partnerships, and workforce development initiatives at its three locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DUF6 Conversion Services
• Cylinder Surveillance and Maintenance
• Uranium Oxide (UOX) Storage and Disposition Services
• Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) Product Sales

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Atkins Nuclear Secured (Atkins)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtkins Nuclear Secured, a division of Atkins Global, is one of three parent companies forming the MCS joint venture. Atkins brings nuclear operations and engineering expertise. Dutch Conrad, MCS President and Project Manager, previously managed the Field and Staffing Services Division of Atkins Nuclear Secured since 2008.
• Westinghouse Electric CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWestinghouse Nuclear is one of three parent companies forming the MCS joint venture. Westinghouse provides nuclear industry expertise in uranium conversion and chemical processing. Adam Goldberg brings 24 years of engineering experience including work at commercial facilities and DOE projects.
• Fluor CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFluor Corporation is one of three parent companies forming the MCS joint venture. Fluor provides government services and project management expertise. Sharon Shirley previously served as Fluor Business Services Director at Portsmouth D&D Project managing $350M/year contract. MCS operates under DOE contract similar to Fluor-led projects.
• Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCS partners with SODI to donate excess property from the Portsmouth site, allowing the local community to benefit from surplus materials. This supports economic development and community relations in the Portsmouth region.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Fluor Corporation: Fluor is one of three MCS parent companies and a major DOE Environmental Management prime contractor (e.g., prior $350M/year Portsmouth D&D), so MCS capabilities and Fluor-led DOE nuclear cleanup projects are highly comparable mission profiles.
• Westinghouse Electric Company: Westinghouse is one of three MCS parent companies and a leading nuclear fuel and services provider with deep uranium conversion and chemical processing expertise, directly relevant to MCS's UF6 deconversion technology stack.
• AtkinsRéalis (formerly Atkins / SNC-Lavalin): AtkinsRéalis (parent of Atkins Nuclear Secured) is one of three MCS parent companies and a global nuclear services operator with extensive DOE site management experience, providing comparable nuclear facility operations capabilities to MCS.

Direct peers

• Centrus Energy: Centrus operates DOE-leased uranium enrichment facilities and is heavily involved in U.S. HALEU production and downblending, overlapping with MCS's nuclear fuel cycle support scope and DOE mission footprint.
• Portage Inc: Portage is the other major prime contractor at the same DOE Portsmouth and Paducah sites, executing deactivation, decontamination, and decommissioning work for the same PPPO customer that MCS serves — making it the closest direct peer on shared DOE nuclear cleanup scope.
• Orano: Orano (formerly Areva) operates the Comurhex II uranium conversion/deconversion facility at Tricastin (UF6 to UO2), making it the leading global peer in commercial UF6-to-oxide chemical conversion of the exact kind MCS performs at Paducah and Portsmouth.

Broad incumbents

• Cameco Corporation: Cameco is a major uranium and nuclear fuel incumbent with conversion services through its Port Hope facility, overlapping with MCS's downstream uranium conversion/disposition work for the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle.
• EnergySolutions: EnergySolutions is a leading nuclear services and decommissioning contractor across U.S. commercial and DOE sites, competing for nuclear materials management and facility disposition work analogous to MCS's DUF6 conversion scope.
• BWX Technologies (BWXT): BWXT is a broad nuclear services, components, and fuel fabrication incumbent that operates DOE sites (including HEU handling) and competes for DOE/NNSA nuclear operations and uranium processing contracts that overlap with MCS's mandate.

Emerging players

• Framatome: Framatome manufactures nuclear fuel components and provides fuel cycle services, intersecting with MCS's uranium oxide handling, transportation, and DOE fuel cycle support scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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