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Workforce Reduction and Advisory Costs
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Workforce Reduction and Advisory Costs  
Workforce Reductions and Advisory Costs
11. WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS AND ADVISORY COSTS

USEC's business is in a state of significant transition. In early 2012, USEC initiated an internal review of its organizational structure and engaged a management consulting firm to support this review. Costs for the management consulting firm and other advisors totaled $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2012 and $7.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012, and was mostly paid as of September 30, 2012.

Actions taken to-date related to USEC's organizational structure resulted in workforce reductions at the American Centrifuge design and engineering operations in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at the headquarters operations located in Bethesda, Maryland and at the central services operations located in Piketon, Ohio. The reductions to-date involved approximately 50 employees including two senior corporate officers. A charge of $0.4 million was incurred in the third quarter of 2012 for a total of $4.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 for one-time termination benefits consisting of severance payments, short-term health care coverage and immediate vesting of restricted stock and stock options for certain employees. Related cash expenditures of $0.4 million were incurred in the third quarter of 2012 for a total of $3.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The remaining cash expenditures are expected in the fourth quarter of 2012. Additional actions affecting employees to align the organization with our evolving business environment are expected.