Urenco USA Completes 75% of Current U.S. Uranium Enrichment Capacity Project

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Urenco USA Completes 75% of Current U.S. Uranium Enrichment Capacity Project

https://urencousa.com/news/sustainability/2026/urenco-usa-completes-75-percent-of-current-us-uranium-enrichment-capacity-project

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UUSA Completes 75% of Uranium Enrichment Capacity Project

Urenco USA has initiated production in its sixth centrifuge cascade at the National Enrichment Facility in New Mexico. This milestone advances the site expansion project designed to add 700,000 separative work units of capacity by 2027. The broader infrastructure growth aims to strengthen the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain for current and future reactors.

Urenco USA has started production in its sixth cascade of new U.S. uranium enrichment capacity at the National Enrichment Facility.

Six installed cascades can produce more than 500,000 SWU annually

EUNICE, NM – Urenco USA announced today the start of production in its sixth cascade of new U.S. uranium enrichment capacity at the National Enrichment Facility. The company is currently in the process of installing 700,000 separative work units (SWU) of new capacity between 2025-2027 through the addition of eight centrifuge cascades to an existing building at the site. Urenco USA expects to install the seventh cascade later this year and the final cascade in the spring of 2027.

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