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Deferred Revenue and Advances From Customers

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Deferred Revenue and Advances from Customers

Deferred Revenue and Advances From Customers

4. DEFERRED REVENUE AND ADVANCES FROM CUSTOMERS

		September 30, 2011				December 31, 2010
		(millions)
Deferred revenue		$	166.1			$	176.1
Advances from customers			26.0				3.0
		$	192.1			$	179.1
Deferred costs associated with deferred revenue		$	159.8			$	152.9

Advances from customers included $22.3 million as of September 30, 2011 and $1.2 million as of December 31, 2010 for services to be provided to DOE or to be applied to existing receivables balances due from DOE in USEC's contract services segment. DOE funded this work through an arrangement whereby DOE transferred uranium to USEC which USEC immediately sold in the market.

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The entire disclosure for deferred revenues at the end of the reporting period, and description and amounts of significant changes that occurred during the reporting period. Deferred revenue is a liability as of the balance sheet date related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts (CON)

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



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