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Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010 | Mar. 14, 2013 | Mar. 13, 2012
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity | $ 146,800,000 |  |  |  |
Credit facility term loan | 83,200,000 | 85,000,000 |  |  |
Convertible senior notes | 530,000,000 | 530,000,000 |  |  |
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity | 230,000,000 | 310,000,000 |  | 110,000,000 | 235,000,000
Letters of credit, capacity after Paducah |  |  |  | 25,000,000 |
Letters of credit, capacity | 75,000,000 |  |  | 50,000,000 |
Availability Block | 30,000,000 |  |  |  |
Monthly reduction in credit facility effective December 2012 | 5,000,000 |  |  |  |
Maximum USEC share for RDD program under credit facility | 75,000,000 |  |  |  |
Maximum unreimbursed expenditures under credit facility | 50,000,000 |  |  |  |
Maximum unfunded unreimbursed expenditures under credit facility | 20,000,000 |  |  |  |
Maximum aggregate American Centrifuge expenditures after June 2012 under credit facility | 375,000,000 |  |  |  |
Maximum legal and regulatory spending under credit facility | 5,000,000 |  |  |  |
Spending limit on costs not RDD program allowable costs under credit facility | 750,000 |  |  |  |
Borrowings under credit facility | 123,600,000 | 80,900,000 | 38,700,000 |  |
Peak borrowings under credit facility | $ 96,500,000 |  |  |  |
Convertible senior notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate at period end | 3.00% |  |  |  |
Credit facility [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate at period end | 10.50% |  |  |  |

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- Definition Carrying amount of long-term convertible debt as of the balance sheet date, net of the amount due in the next twelve months or greater than the normal operating cycle, if longer. The debt is convertible into another form of financial instrument, typically the entity's common stock. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 22 -Article 5 + Details
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- Definition Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 129 -Paragraph 2, 4 -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. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19, 22 -Article 5 + Details
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- Definition The cash inflow from a contractual arrangement with the lender, including letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time with either short term or long term maturity that is collateralized (backed by pledge, mortgage or other lien in the entity's assets). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 95 -Paragraph 19 -Subparagraph b -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. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Financing Activities -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6513228 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 95 -Paragraph 18 -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. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6943989&loc=d3e3255-108585 + Details
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