Urenco to build new US enrichment plant capacity

[Marlin]

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/urenco-usa-to-build-new-us-enrichment-plant

[News Wire]

Urenco will expand its National Enrichment Facility in Eunice, New Mexico, by adding 2.1 million Separative Work Units of capacity. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2029, with the first low-enriched uranium production expected in 2032. The project will utilize gas-centrifuge technology to increase the site output by nearly 50 percent.

This expansion aims to bolster the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain as the United States seeks to reduce reliance on foreign uranium sources. The additional capacity will support the existing fleet of light water reactors and provide necessary feedstock for future high-assay low-enriched uranium production required by advanced reactor designs.

Urenco has announced a multi-billion-dollar investment to provide a near-50% increase in enrichment capacity at Urenco USA's National Enrichment Facility, with construction beginning in 2029 and first production of low-enriched uranium in 2032. ;

Urenco has announced a multi-billion-dollar investment to provide a near-50% increase in enrichment capacity at Urenco USA's National Enrichment Facility, with construction beginning in 2029 and first production of low-enriched uranium in 2032.

Urenco USA's facility in Eunice, New Mexico, is currently the only commercial uranium enrichment capacity in the USA. Urenco's decision to increase capacity by 2.1 million SWU marks its commitment to strengthening the US nuclear fuel supply chain as the country expands the use of nuclear power, the company said. (SWU stands for Separative Work Unit - the standard measure of the effort required to separate U235 and U238 - see WNN's guide to uranium and the nuclear fuel cycle and World Nuclear...

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