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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2025
Centrus Energy Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware | 1-14287 | 52-2107911
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6901 Rockledge Drive, Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20817
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 564-3200
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share | LEU | NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging Growth Company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events
On December 19, 2025, Centrus Energy Corp. issued a press release announcing that it has begun domestic centrifuge manufacturing to support commercial Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) enrichment activities at its Piketon, Ohio, facility. The announcement indicated that Centrus plans to leverage a multi-billion-dollar uranium enrichment expansion to meet its growing backlog of $2.3 billion in contingent LEU sales under U.S. and international customer contracts, and stated that Centrus is also targeting future commercial-scale production of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium.
The project is expected to create 1,000 construction jobs and 300 new operations jobs in Ohio, hundreds of new direct jobs at Centrus’ centrifuge manufacturing plant in Tennessee, and thousands more indirect jobs in Ohio, Tennessee, and across the country.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. | Description
99.1 | Press Release dated December 19, 2025
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document)

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

|  |  | Centrus Energy Corp. |
Date: | December 19, 2025 | By: | /s/ Todd M. Tinelli |
|  |  | Todd M. Tinelli |
|  |  | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, |
|  |  | and Treasurer |