{ "dataset": "NNN Uranium Enrichment & HALEU Tracker", "version": "1", "generated_at": "2026-10-11T19:18:45.571Z", "license": { "current_state": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "name": "CC BY 4.0", "scope": "The grant covers the NNN dataset as a compilation: selection, arrangement, schema, annotations, event and milestone curation, and verification metadata, including EU sui generis database rights. Underlying facts are facts and are not owned or restricted by NNN. Third-party licensed data shown on NNN pages is excluded from the dataset and from this grant.", "history": "History surfaces — append-only milestone logs, event/change feeds, and full JSON snapshots — are provided under the NNN Data License Terms (https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license): journalism, research, citation and AI answering are expressly permitted royalty-free with attribution; systematic bulk extraction, dataset redistribution, and embedding in commercial products or training corpora require a commercial license.", "terms_url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license", "terms_version": "1.1 (2026-08-13)", "attribution": { "text": "Nuclear News Network, \"Uranium Enrichment & HALEU Tracker\", https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/uranium-enrichment-haleu", "url": "https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/industry-trackers/uranium-enrichment-haleu" } }, "last_reviewed": "2026-10-11", "scope": "Civil uranium enrichment plants worldwide (operating, expanding, licensed and planned), HALEU (5-20% U-235) production sources including DOE downblending of government material, and the US acquisition and allocation programs that fund them. Military-only facilities are excluded, except the unclassified NNSA DUECE pilot plant, which GAO counts in federal uranium supply planning. Iranian sites are excluded because their status after the June 2025 strikes cannot be verified from IAEA reporting.", "key_facts": [ { "label": "World enrichment capacity, 2025", "value": "68.1m SWU/yr", "detail": "Rosatom about 43%, Urenco 25%, CNNC 20% (estimated) and Orano 11%; WNA projects about 77.8m SWU by 2030.", "source": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "as_of": "2026-09" }, { "label": "Russian share of US enrichment purchases", "value": "26%", "detail": "Share of the 13 million SWU bought by US reactor owners and operators in 2025, up from 20% in 2024; US-origin SWU made up 23%.", "source": "https://www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/index.php", "publisher": "US Energy Information Administration", "as_of": "2026-07" }, { "label": "Last date for Russian LEU waivers", "value": "1 Jan 2028", "detail": "The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act bans Russian LEU from August 2024; DOE waivers are available only until 2028.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/russia-places-ban-on-us-uranium-exports", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "as_of": "2024-11" }, { "label": "Projected US HALEU demand", "value": "50 t/yr by 2035", "detail": "DOE's estimate of domestic HALEU demand from advanced reactors.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-frequently-asked-questions", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "as_of": "2026" }, { "label": "HALEU produced by Centrus at Piketon", "value": ">1,900 kg", "detail": "Cumulative HALEU UF6 under the DOE demonstration contract, which finished in June 2026; Centrus then won a $900m DOE task order to build production capacity.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001065059/000162828026046801/ex991_haleu900mpr.htm", "publisher": "Centrus Energy (SEC 8-K)", "as_of": "2026-07-01" } ], "record_count": 29, "records": [ { "slug": "angarsk-electrolysis-chemical-combine", "name": "Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Combine (AECC)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "RU", "region": "asia", "location": "Angarsk, Irkutsk region", "status": "operating", "summary": "Rosatom's smallest enrichment plant, in Siberia's Irkutsk region, listed at a nominal 2.6 million SWU a year and host since 2007 of the Russia-led International Uranium Enrichment Centre. Rosatom has named it the next site for generation 9+ centrifuge re-equipment after Seversk; no start date has been announced.", "operator": "JSC Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Combine, TVEL / Rosatom", "owner_note": "Rosatom (Russian state corporation) via its Fuel Division (TVEL). International Uranium Enrichment Centre on site was founded by Russia (90%) and Kazakhstan (10%) in 2007.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 2600, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2007-05-10", "event": "Russia and Kazakhstan signed the agreement creating the International Uranium Enrichment Centre at Angarsk.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/enrichment-capacity-at-angarsk-to-be-boosted" }, { "date": "2025-12-02", "event": "Rosatom named Angarsk as the next enrichment plant to be re-equipped with generation 9+ centrifuges.", "source": "https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/rosatom-nachal-modernizatsiyu-tretego-po-schetu-zavoda-po-obogashcheniyu-urana/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/enrichment-capacity-at-angarsk-to-be-boosted", "title": "Enrichment capacity at Angarsk to be boosted", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/rosatom-nachal-modernizatsiyu-tretego-po-schetu-zavoda-po-obogashcheniyu-urana/", "title": "Rosatom starts modernization of its third uranium enrichment plant", "publisher": "Rosatom (Atommedia)", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html", "title": "Uranium Enrichment Facilities (updated 2 May 2026)", "publisher": "WISE Uranium Project", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "low", "notes": "Capacity 2,600 tSWU/yr is the 2007 figure (WNN) repeated by WISE; 2007 plans to reach ~4,200 tSWU and ~10,000 tSWU by 2015 are not confirmed as realized. WNA (Sept 2026, from Nuclear Fuel Report 2025) gives Rosatom's combined capacity across all four sites as 29,133 tSWU/yr in 2025 (about 43% of world capacity), so WISE's dated per-plant figures understate the current total. Rosatom does not publish per-site capacity.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:rosatom" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "bwxt-duece-pilot-plant-erwin", "name": "BWXT DUECE Pilot Plant (Erwin)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "Erwin, Tennessee", "status": "planned", "summary": "A planned NNSA defense enrichment pilot plant that BWXT Enrichment Operations will license, build and run at its Nuclear Fuel Services site in Erwin, Tennessee, using Oak Ridge National Laboratory's small gas-centrifuge (DUECE) design. It will make unobligated LEU for tritium production and later HEU for naval reactors, not commercial fuel; GAO expects NRC construction approval in 2031 and limited operations in 2035.", "operator": "BWXT Enrichment Operations", "owner_note": "BWXT subsidiary working under an NNSA contract; Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the design authority for the DUECE centrifuge technology.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU", "HEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": 50, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "No NRC license yet; GAO expects NRC approval for pilot plant construction in 2031.", "government_support": "NNSA sole-source IDIQ contract valued at $1.5 billion (September 2025); Task Order 1 had $266.7 million obligated through September 2026.", "offtake_note": "Defense use only: NNSA says DUECE technology will not be used to produce enriched uranium for the commercial nuclear power industry.", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2025-09-16", "event": "NNSA awarded BWXT Enrichment Operations a sole-source contract to license, build and operate a DUECE pilot plant, under an IDIQ vehicle valued at $1.5 billion.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-selects-bwxt-duece-pilot-plant-award" }, { "date": "2025-09-22", "event": "NNSA signed Task Order 1 for the pilot plant with an initial obligation of $67.0 million.", "source": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_89233125FNA400743_8900_89233125DNA000068_8900" }, { "date": "2026-03-17", "event": "NNSA added $43.4 million to Task Order 1.", "source": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_89233125FNA400743_8900_89233125DNA000068_8900" }, { "date": "2026-07-21", "event": "NNSA added $120.0 million to Task Order 1.", "source": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_89233125FNA400743_8900_89233125DNA000068_8900" }, { "date": "2026-09-11", "event": "NNSA added $36.3 million to Task Order 1, bringing total obligations to $266.7 million.", "source": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_89233125FNA400743_8900_89233125DNA000068_8900" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-selects-bwxt-duece-pilot-plant-award", "title": "NNSA selects BWXT for DUECE Pilot Plant Award", "publisher": "National Nuclear Security Administration", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_89233125FNA400743_8900_89233125DNA000068_8900", "title": "Delivery order 89233125FNA400743: Domestic Uranium Enrichment Pilot Plant Task Order 1", "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://files.gao.gov/assets/gao-26-107385.pdf", "title": "Nuclear Fuel: Actions Needed to Enhance Cost Reporting and Economic Analysis for Federal Uranium Supply Efforts (GAO-26-107385)", "publisher": "U.S. Government Accountability Office", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "GAO gives 50,000 SWU a year (50 tSWU) as the plant's enrichment capacity once it converts to HEU enrichment, around 2049; it does not state when the plant first reaches that capacity, so no target year is recorded. NNSA has not published a construction start date. Included although defense-only because GAO treats it as part of federal uranium supply planning.", "related_slugs": [ "bwxt-duece-enrichment-pilot-plant-266m" ], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:bwxt", "org:nnsa", "org:ornl", "site:nfs-erwin" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "centrus-american-centrifuge-plant-piketon", "name": "Centrus American Centrifuge Plant (Piketon HALEU cascade and expansion)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "Piketon, Ohio", "status": "expanding", "summary": "Centrus Energy's American Centrifuge Plant hosts the only US HALEU-producing cascade, a 16-centrifuge AC-100M cascade that made over 1,900 kg of HALEU UF6 under a DOE demonstration contract ending June 2026. Centrus signed a USD 900m DOE task order in July 2026 to build commercial-scale capacity (initially 12 tonnes of HALEU a year plus LEU), with first new capacity expected by 2029.", "operator": "American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (Centrus Energy Corp.)", "owner_note": "Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE American: LEU) leases the Piketon site from DOE.", "facility_type": "haleu-production", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU", "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": "2029", "haleu_output_kg": 1900, "haleu_output_basis": "cumulative", "license_status": "NRC-licensed to produce HALEU up to 20% U-235 (since 2021).", "government_support": "2019 DOE HALEU demonstration contract (expanded 2022, incl. ~USD 150m cost share); USD 900m DOE HALEU enrichment task order (announced Jan 5, 2026; finalized Jul 1, 2026), total contract value USD 1.07bn including USD 170m of HALEU purchase options.", "offtake_note": "Definitive LEU/HALEU enrichment services agreement with X-energy (Aug 2026, with prepayments); letter of intent with Oklo (June 2026) per WNA; existing LEU backlog of about USD 2.4bn.", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2019", "event": "Centrus won a DOE contract to build an advanced centrifuge cascade at Piketon to demonstrate HALEU production.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001065059/000162828026046801/ex991_haleu900mpr.htm" }, { "date": "2023-11", "event": "Centrus delivered its first 20 kg of HALEU to DOE.", "source": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment" }, { "date": "2025-06", "event": "DOE extended the HALEU operation contract through 30 June 2026 after Centrus completed 900 kg of Phase II production.", "source": "https://wnn.world-nuclear.org/articles/centrus-haleu-contract-extended" }, { "date": "2026-01-05", "event": "DOE announced a USD 900m task order to American Centrifuge Operating to create domestic HALEU enrichment capacity.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-awards-usd27-billion-to-strengthen-us-uranium-enrichment" }, { "date": "2026-06", "event": "Centrus completed the final 900 kg of HALEU UF6 under the demonstration contract, bringing lifetime output above 1,900 kg.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001065059/000162828026046801/ex991_haleu900mpr.htm" }, { "date": "2026-07-01", "event": "Centrus signed a contract finalizing the USD 900m DOE task order and moved the HALEU cascade to private commercial operation.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001065059/000162828026046801/ex991_haleu900mpr.htm" }, { "date": "2026-08-06", "event": "Centrus and X-energy signed a definitive agreement for LEU and HALEU enrichment services from Piketon.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/x-energy-and-centrus-sign-haleu-supply-agreement" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001065059/000162828026046801/ex991_haleu900mpr.htm", "title": "Centrus signs contract with DOE for $900 million award (8-K Ex. 99.1)", "publisher": "Centrus Energy / SEC EDGAR", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/07/centrus_finalizes_haleu_c.html", "title": "Centrus finalizes HALEU contract with the Department of Energy", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://wnn.world-nuclear.org/articles/centrus-haleu-contract-extended", "title": "Centrus HALEU contract extended", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/2026-08-07/article-8279/centrus-xenergy-sign-enrichment-contract-as-trisox-expands-tx1-campus/", "title": "Centrus, X-energy sign enrichment contract as TRISO-X expands TX-1 campus", "publisher": "American Nuclear Society", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/x-energy-and-centrus-sign-haleu-supply-agreement", "title": "X-Energy and Centrus sign HALEU supply agreement", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-awards-usd27-billion-to-strengthen-us-uranium-enrichment", "title": "DOE awards USD2.7 billion to strengthen US uranium enrichment", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://wnn.world-nuclear.org/articles/us-enrichment-funding-reactions", "title": "US enrichment funding recipients flesh out plans", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "haleu output is cumulative (>1,900 kg HALEU UF6) under the 2019 demonstration contract through June 2026; the existing cascade's rate is about 900 kg/yr. Expansion target: 12 t HALEU/yr initial build-out (earlier plans cited ~6,000 kg/yr); no SWU figure published. Fluor holds the EPC contract (Feb 2026, per Centrus 10-Q snippet). ACP is the only US facility licensed to enrich to 20%.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:centrus" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "pilcaniyeu-enrichment-plant", "name": "CNEA Pilcaniyeu enrichment plant", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "AR", "region": "south-america", "location": "Pilcaniyeu, Río Negro (near San Carlos de Bariloche)", "status": "shut_down", "summary": "Argentina's small gaseous diffusion enrichment plant at Pilcaniyeu, built by INVAP for the national atomic energy commission CNEA with a capacity of about 20,000 SWU a year. Formally reactivated in 2010 and reopened in December 2015, it halted production again in 2018 and has never supplied commercial or export needs; Argentina imports enrichment services.", "operator": "Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA)", "owner_note": "State-owned (CNEA); built and operated in the 1980s by INVAP.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gaseous-diffusion", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 20, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "1983", "event": "INVAP began operating a small diffusion enrichment plant for CNEA at Pilcaniyeu (operated 1983-89).", "source": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/argentina" }, { "date": "2010", "event": "Argentina formally reactivated the Pilcaniyeu enrichment plant.", "source": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/argentina" }, { "date": "2015-12", "event": "CNEA re-opened the plant.", "source": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/argentina" }, { "date": "2018", "event": "Production at Pilcaniyeu was halted again.", "source": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/argentina" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/argentina", "title": "Nuclear Power in Argentina (country profile)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html", "title": "Uranium Enrichment Facilities (updated 2 May 2026)", "publisher": "WISE Uranium Project", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "capacity reflects nameplate (~20 tSWU/yr) although production is halted. A 2026 CNEA statement reportedly lists 'starting enrichment' among its goals (search snippet only, unverified). Dioxitek signed an MoU with NANO Nuclear Energy in Aug 2025 to assess adding an enrichment line in Argentina (WNA) - not tracked as a separate record.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:cnea" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "cnnc-emeishan-enrichment", "name": "CNNC Emeishan uranium enrichment plant (Plant 814)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "CN", "region": "asia", "location": "Emeishan, Sichuan", "status": "expanding", "summary": "The civilian enrichment facility of CNNC's Plant 814 at Emeishan runs three large centrifuge plants (CEP1-3) with an estimated 4 million SWU a year, plus a small pilot plant. A fourth plant (CEP4), with an estimated 1.5-2 million SWU a year, was structurally completed in April 2026 and is expected to begin operating as early as late 2026.", "operator": "CNNC (Plant 814)", "owner_note": "China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), state-owned.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 4000, "capacity_swu_target": 5500, "capacity_target_year": "2027", "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2013", "event": "Emeishan CEP1 began operation.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/rapid_expansion_of_chinas.html" }, { "date": "2017", "event": "Emeishan CEP2 began operation.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/rapid_expansion_of_chinas.html" }, { "date": "2023", "event": "Emeishan CEP3 began operation after construction resumed in late 2020.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/rapid_expansion_of_chinas.html" }, { "date": "2024", "event": "Construction of Emeishan CEP4 started (around late 2024).", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/rapid_expansion_of_chinas.html" }, { "date": "2026-04", "event": "The main enrichment building and cooling towers of Emeishan CEP4 were completed.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/rapid_expansion_of_chinas.html" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/rapid_expansion_of_chinas.html", "title": "Rapid expansion of China's enrichment capacity at Emeishan", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2023/12/china_started_operation_o_1.html", "title": "China started operation of two new enrichment plants in 2023", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/chinas-uranium-enrichment-expansion-worrisomely-large", "title": "China's Uranium Enrichment Expansion: Worrisomely Large", "publisher": "Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "low", "notes": "Current 4,000 tSWU excludes the ~250 tSWU pilot plant (operating since 2007). Target 5,500 is the low end of IPFM's 5,500-6,000 tSWU/yr after CEP4 (normal operation expected 2027). Belfer/Zhang argue the scale of Chinese expansion exceeds projected civil demand and may support military needs; this record covers the civilian facility only. China does not publish enrichment capacity; all figures are outside estimates by Hui Zhang (IPFM/Belfer) from satellite imagery. WNA (Sept 2026) estimates CNNC capacity at 13,789 tSWU in 2025 rising to 18,230 tSWU by 2030, assuming China supplies its domestic fleet.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:cnnc" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "cnnc-hanzhong-enrichment", "name": "CNNC Hanzhong uranium enrichment plant (Plant 405)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "CN", "region": "asia", "location": "Hanzhong, Shaanxi", "status": "expanding", "summary": "CNNC's Hanzhong enrichment complex (Plant 405) has five centrifuge plants with an estimated 2.6 million SWU a year, including three Russian-supplied plants and two plants using Chinese centrifuges. A new large plant (CEP6) at a site 4.7 km to the south had its main building completed in December 2025 and could start operating as early as late 2026.", "operator": "CNNC (Shaanxi Uranium Enrichment Co., Plant 405)", "owner_note": "China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), state-owned.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 2600, "capacity_swu_target": 4100, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2017", "event": "Hanzhong's indigenous second-generation centrifuges entered operation.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2023/12/china_started_operation_o_1.html" }, { "date": "2024", "event": "Construction of Hanzhong CEP6 began at a new site 4.7 km south of the existing plant (late 2024).", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/china_to_operate_two_more.html" }, { "date": "2025-12", "event": "The main enrichment building and cooling towers of Hanzhong CEP6 were completed.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/china_to_operate_two_more.html" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/china_to_operate_two_more.html", "title": "China to operate two more large enrichment plants", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2023/12/china_started_operation_o_1.html", "title": "China started operation of two new enrichment plants in 2023", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html", "title": "Uranium Enrichment Facilities (updated 2 May 2026)", "publisher": "WISE Uranium Project", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "low", "notes": "Current estimate 2,600 tSWU (IPFM Sept 2026; IPFM Dec 2023 said ~2,700; WISE lists 1,000). Target 4,100 is the low end of IPFM's 4,100-4,600 tSWU/yr after CEP6. IPFM gives 'as early as late 2026' for CEP6 start-up; no normal-operation year stated, so target year is not recorded. China does not publish enrichment capacity; all figures are outside estimates by Hui Zhang (IPFM/Belfer) from satellite imagery. WNA (Sept 2026) estimates CNNC capacity at 13,789 tSWU in 2025 rising to 18,230 tSWU by 2030, assuming China supplies its domestic fleet.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:cnnc" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "cnnc-lanzhou-enrichment", "name": "CNNC Lanzhou uranium enrichment plant (Plant 504)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "CN", "region": "asia", "location": "Lanzhou, Gansu", "status": "expanding", "summary": "CNNC's Lanzhou enrichment complex (Plant 504) runs five centrifuge plants with an estimated 4.4 million SWU a year, including CEP5, which started in 2023. A sixth plant (CEP6), built from about October 2024 and apparently completed in February 2026, is expected to begin operating as early as late 2026, lifting capacity to roughly 5.9-6.4 million SWU a year.", "operator": "CNNC (Lanzhou Uranium Enrichment Co., Plant 504)", "owner_note": "China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), state-owned.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 4400, "capacity_swu_target": 5900, "capacity_target_year": "2027", "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2023", "event": "Lanzhou CEP5 reportedly began initial operation in the fall, with an estimated 1.5-2 million SWU/yr.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2023/12/china_started_operation_o_1.html" }, { "date": "2024-10", "event": "Construction of Lanzhou CEP6 began, according to satellite imagery analysis.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/china_to_operate_two_more.html" }, { "date": "2026-02", "event": "Lanzhou CEP6 construction was apparently completed.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/china_to_operate_two_more.html" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/09/china_to_operate_two_more.html", "title": "China to operate two more large enrichment plants", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2023/12/china_started_operation_o_1.html", "title": "China started operation of two new enrichment plants in 2023", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/chinas-uranium-enrichment-expansion-worrisomely-large", "title": "China's Uranium Enrichment Expansion: Worrisomely Large", "publisher": "Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "low", "notes": "Target 5,900 tSWU is the low end of IPFM's 5,900-6,400 tSWU/yr estimate after CEP6 (normal operation expected 2027). The former Lanzhou gaseous diffusion plant is closed. China does not publish enrichment capacity; all figures are outside estimates by Hui Zhang (IPFM/Belfer) from satellite imagery. WNA (Sept 2026) estimates CNNC capacity at 13,789 tSWU in 2025 rising to 18,230 tSWU by 2030, assuming China supplies its domestic fleet.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:cnnc" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "doe-haleu-availability-program", "name": "DOE HALEU Availability Program and HALEU allocations", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": null, "status": "program_active", "summary": "A DOE Office of Nuclear Energy program, created under the Energy Act of 2020, to supply HALEU to advanced reactor developers from government stocks while commercial enrichment is built. DOE has made three rounds of conditional HALEU commitments (April 2025, August 2025, July 2026) to nine recipients, drawing on NNSA material and downblended HEU.", "operator": "US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy", "owner_note": null, "facility_type": "program", "technology": null, "products": [ "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": "Energy Act of 2020 mandate; FY2024 NDAA schedule (3 t by 30 Sep 2024, 8 t by 31 Dec 2025, 10 t by 30 Jun 2026); DOE allocation process (Sept 2024) aimed to make 21 t available by 30 Jun 2026.", "offtake_note": "Round 1 (Apr 2025): TRISO-X (X-energy), TerraPower, Kairos Power, Radiant Industries, Westinghouse. Round 2 (Aug 26, 2025): Antares Nuclear, Standard Nuclear, Abilene Christian University/Natura Resources. Round 3 (Jul 23, 2026): NASA (SR-1 Freedom Mars mission) and Radiant (second allocation, microreactor at Buckley Space Force Base). Quantities per recipient not disclosed.", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2024-09", "event": "DOE finalized its HALEU allocation process.", "source": "https://www.powermag.com/doe-allocates-second-round-of-haleu-fuel-to-three-u-s-nuclear-companies/" }, { "date": "2025-04-10", "event": "DOE made first-round conditional HALEU commitments to five developers after receiving requests from 15 companies.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-selects-first-recipients-of-haleu" }, { "date": "2025-08-26", "event": "DOE announced a second round of HALEU commitments to three recipients.", "source": "https://www.powermag.com/doe-allocates-second-round-of-haleu-fuel-to-three-u-s-nuclear-companies/" }, { "date": "2026-07-23", "event": "DOE announced a third round of HALEU commitments to NASA and Radiant.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/energy-department-distribute-third-round-haleu-nasa-and-radiant" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-availability-program", "title": "HALEU Availability Program", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/energy-department-distribute-third-round-haleu-nasa-and-radiant", "title": "Energy Department to Distribute Third Round of HALEU to NASA and Radiant", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-selects-first-recipients-of-haleu", "title": "DOE selects first recipients of HALEU", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.powermag.com/doe-allocates-second-round-of-haleu-fuel-to-three-u-s-nuclear-companies/", "title": "DOE allocates second round of HALEU fuel to three U.S. nuclear companies", "publisher": "POWER Magazine", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-frequently-asked-questions", "title": "HALEU Frequently Asked Questions", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "DOE has not disclosed per-recipient quantities or whether the 21 t by June 2026 goal was met. DOE estimates US HALEU demand could reach 50 t/yr by 2035 (FAQ). Supply sources include NNSA surplus material at Y-12, SRS and INL plus Centrus output; tracked separately in savannah-river-h-canyon-haleu-downblending, inl-ebr-ii-haleu-recovery and centrus-american-centrifuge-plant-piketon.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:doe" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "doe-haleu-deconversion-contracts", "name": "DOE HALEU Deconversion Services contracts", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": null, "status": "program_active", "summary": "DOE contracts, awarded in October 2024, that let six fuel companies bid on task orders to convert HALEU from UF6 gas into metal or oxide for fuel fabrication. Each awardee received a USD 2m minimum, with up to USD 800m available over up to 10 years; no follow-on deconversion production task order had been reported as of October 2026.", "operator": "US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy", "owner_note": null, "facility_type": "deconversion", "technology": null, "products": [ "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": "Up to USD 800m over up to 10 years, subject to appropriations; USD 2m minimum per awardee.", "offtake_note": "Awardees: BWXT (Nuclear Fuel Services), Centrus (American Centrifuge Operating), Framatome, GE Vernova (Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas), Orano Federal Services, Westinghouse Government Services.", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2023-11", "event": "DOE issued a solicitation for HALEU deconversion services.", "source": "https://executivegov.com/2023/11/doe-issues-solicitation-for-haleu-deconversion-services/" }, { "date": "2024-10-09", "event": "DOE awarded HALEU deconversion IDIQ contracts to six companies, with up to USD 800m available.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/us-doe-awards-contracts-to-spur-haleu-supply-chain" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-deconversion-services", "title": "HALEU Deconversion Services", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/us-doe-awards-contracts-to-spur-haleu-supply-chain", "title": "US DOE awards contracts to spur HALEU supply chain", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://executivegov.com/2023/11/doe-issues-solicitation-for-haleu-deconversion-services/", "title": "DOE issues solicitation for HALEU deconversion services", "publisher": "Executive Gov", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "DOE's HALEU Availability Program page lists a 'Deconversion Services' update dated 23 Jun 2026 whose content was not confirmed. The June 2026 'Deconversion Services' date appears only as a page-update date on DOE's program page; its content was not confirmed. No deconversion production task order found.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:doe" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "doe-leu-haleu-enrichment-acquisition", "name": "DOE LEU and HALEU Enrichment Acquisition Program (task orders)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": null, "status": "program_active", "summary": "A US Department of Energy procurement backed by USD 2.7bn to buy LEU and HALEU from new domestic enrichment capacity, run through two contract pools: HALEU enrichment (four companies, 2024) and LEU acquisition (six companies, December 2024). On 5 January 2026 DOE finalized three USD 900m task orders, to American Centrifuge Operating (HALEU), General Matter (HALEU) and Orano Federal Services (LEU), and separately awarded Global Laser Enrichment USD 28m.", "operator": "US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy", "owner_note": null, "facility_type": "program", "technology": null, "products": [ "LEU", "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": "USD 2.7bn announced 27 Jun 2024; up to 10-year contracts with a USD 2m minimum per awardee (Task Order 1); payments under Task Order 2 are milestone-based. Some reports put the LEU pool's total potential value at USD 3.4bn.", "offtake_note": "HALEU enrichment pool, Task Order 1 (2024; USD 2m each): American Centrifuge Operating, General Matter, Louisiana Energy Services (Urenco USA), Orano Federal Services. LEU acquisition pool, Task Order 1 (10 Dec 2024; USD 2m each): American Centrifuge Operating, General Matter, Global Laser Enrichment, Louisiana Energy Services, Laser Isotope Separation Technologies (LIST), Orano Federal Services. Task Order 2 (5 Jan 2026): American Centrifuge Operating USD 900m (HALEU), General Matter USD 900m (HALEU), Orano Federal Services USD 900m (LEU) = USD 2.7bn. Separate award: Global Laser Enrichment USD 28m (next-generation enrichment technology, from a separate solicitation). Centrus's HALEU order carries up to USD 170m in DOE purchase options (total USD 1.07bn).", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2024-01-09", "event": "DOE announced its request for proposals to build a domestic HALEU enrichment supply chain.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-enrichment-services" }, { "date": "2024-06-27", "event": "DOE issued a request for proposals to buy LEU from new domestic enrichment capacity, backed by USD 2.7bn.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/domestic-low-enriched-uranium-supply-chain" }, { "date": "2024-10", "event": "DOE selected four companies for HALEU enrichment contracts worth a minimum of USD 2m each, with up to USD 2.7bn available.", "source": "https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-selects-haleu-enrichment-providers" }, { "date": "2024-12-10", "event": "DOE selected six companies, each allocated USD 2m, to compete for future LEU supply task orders.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/domestic-low-enriched-uranium-supply-chain" }, { "date": "2026-01-05", "event": "DOE awarded USD 2.7bn in task orders: USD 900m each to American Centrifuge Operating and General Matter for HALEU and to Orano Federal Services for LEU, plus USD 28m to Global Laser Enrichment.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-awards-27-billion-restore-american-uranium-enrichment" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-awards-27-billion-restore-american-uranium-enrichment", "title": "U.S. Department of Energy Awards $2.7 Billion to Restore American Uranium Enrichment", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/domestic-low-enriched-uranium-supply-chain", "title": "Domestic Low Enriched Uranium Supply Chain", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-enrichment-services", "title": "HALEU Enrichment Services", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-selects-haleu-enrichment-providers", "title": "DOE selects HALEU enrichment providers", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-selects-suppliers-for-leu-contracts", "title": "USA selects suppliers for low-enriched uranium contracts", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-awards-usd27-billion-to-strengthen-us-uranium-enrichment", "title": "DOE awards USD2.7 billion to strengthen US uranium enrichment", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/2026-01-06/article-7652/doe-awards-27b-for-haleu-and-leu-enrichment/", "title": "DOE awards $2.7B for HALEU and LEU enrichment", "publisher": "American Nuclear Society", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://wnn.world-nuclear.org/articles/us-enrichment-funding-reactions", "title": "US enrichment funding recipients flesh out plans", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "Recipient count resolved from DOE's 5 Jan 2026 release: exactly three USD 900m task orders (ACO, General Matter, Orano) totalling USD 2.7bn; GLE's USD 28m (reported elsewhere as up to USD 28.5m) is a separate award, not one of the task orders. Some coverage conflates the October 2024 HALEU pool (4 firms) with the December 2024 LEU pool (6 firms). DOE pages describe 'task orders'; ANS/WNN describe the vehicles as IDIQ-type contracts. HALEU pool selection was reported by WNN on 18 Oct 2024 (Orano dates its award to 10 Oct 2024); DOE's page gives only '2024'.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:doe" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "electrochemical-plant-zelenogorsk", "name": "Electrochemical Plant (ECP), Zelenogorsk", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "RU", "region": "asia", "location": "Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region", "status": "operating", "summary": "Rosatom's second-largest enrichment plant, in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region, with a nominal capacity of about 8.7 million SWU a year per WISE and NTI. It was the first Russian plant to finish re-equipping with generation 9+ centrifuges, a programme begun in 2018-2019 and completed in 2025.", "operator": "JSC Production Association Electrochemical Plant, TVEL / Rosatom", "owner_note": "Rosatom (Russian state corporation) via its Fuel Division (TVEL).", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 8700, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2019", "event": "Installation of new generation 9+ centrifuges began at the Zelenogorsk plant.", "source": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2025/12/rosatom_begins_deployment.html" }, { "date": "2025", "event": "Rosatom completed the modernization of the Electrochemical Plant's enrichment facility.", "source": "https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/rosatom-nachal-modernizatsiyu-tretego-po-schetu-zavoda-po-obogashcheniyu-urana/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html", "title": "Uranium Enrichment Facilities (updated 2 May 2026)", "publisher": "WISE Uranium Project", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.nti.org/?p=30096", "title": "Electrochemical Plant (EKhZ) Production Association", "publisher": "Nuclear Threat Initiative", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2025/12/rosatom_begins_deployment.html", "title": "Rosatom begins deployment of new-generation centrifuges at Seversk", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/rosatom-nachal-modernizatsiyu-tretego-po-schetu-zavoda-po-obogashcheniyu-urana/", "title": "Rosatom starts modernization of its third uranium enrichment plant", "publisher": "Rosatom (Atommedia)", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "Capacity 8,700 tSWU/yr per WISE and NTI (NTI dates it to 2011, with a plan to reach 12,000 by 2020 that is unconfirmed). WNA (Sept 2026, from Nuclear Fuel Report 2025) gives Rosatom's combined capacity across all four sites as 29,133 tSWU/yr in 2025 (about 43% of world capacity), so WISE's dated per-plant figures understate the current total. Rosatom does not publish per-site capacity. Start year of re-equipment differs: Rosatom says projects began in 2018; IPFM says installation began in 2019. Region set to 'asia' (Siberia).", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:rosatom" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "general-matter-paducah", "name": "General Matter Paducah Enrichment Facility", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "Former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky", "status": "licensing", "summary": "A planned USD 1.5bn HALEU and LEU enrichment plant by start-up General Matter on 100 acres leased from DOE at the former Paducah gaseous diffusion site. It holds a USD 900m DOE HALEU enrichment task order (January 2026) and submitted its NRC construction licence application on 28 September 2026; its enrichment technology remains undisclosed.", "operator": "General Matter Inc.", "owner_note": "Privately held US start-up (CEO Scott Nolan).", "facility_type": "haleu-production", "technology": null, "products": [ "LEU", "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "NRC docket 70-7040: licence application submitted 28 Sep 2026 with a request for expedited review; NRC deemed preconstruction site preparation acceptable earlier in 2026.", "government_support": "USD 900m DOE HALEU enrichment task order (Jan 5, 2026; 10-year, milestone-based); DOE lease (Aug 2025) including at least 7,600 cylinders of UF6 for re-enrichment; also selected for DOE's Nuclear Energy Launch Pad program (2026).", "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2024-12-06", "event": "General Matter sent the NRC a letter of intent for licensing HALEU production.", "source": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/epusa.html" }, { "date": "2025-08-05", "event": "General Matter signed a DOE lease for 100 acres at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant for a proposed USD 1.5bn enrichment plant.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/general-matter-plans-new-enrichment-plant-in-paducah" }, { "date": "2026-01-05", "event": "DOE awarded General Matter a USD 900m task order to create domestic HALEU enrichment capacity.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-awards-27-billion-restore-american-uranium-enrichment" }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "event": "General Matter announced it had submitted its NRC licence application for the Paducah enrichment facility.", "source": "https://www.ans.org/news/2026-10-06/article-8465/general-matters-nrc-license-application-materials-publicly-available/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/general-matter-plans-new-enrichment-plant-in-paducah", "title": "General Matter plans new enrichment plant in Paducah", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-awards-27-billion-restore-american-uranium-enrichment", "title": "U.S. Department of Energy Awards $2.7 Billion to Restore American Uranium Enrichment", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/2026-10-06/article-8465/general-matters-nrc-license-application-materials-publicly-available/", "title": "General Matter's NRC license application materials publicly available", "publisher": "American Nuclear Society", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/epusa.html", "title": "New Uranium Conversion/Enrichment and Nuclear Fuel Plant Projects - USA", "publisher": "WISE Uranium Project", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "Capacity and technology are not public (technology redacted as trade secret in the environmental report). Schedule conflict: DOE/WNN (Aug 2025) said construction from 2026 and operations in 2034; ANS (Oct 2026) says the company seeks production by 2030. The application covers two production halls and LEU plus HALEU from depleted, natural and enriched UF6. General Matter's subsidiary also proposed (June 2025) an enrichment facility at Camp Williams, Utah (WISE/Salt Lake Tribune); not tracked separately.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:general-matter" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "global-laser-enrichment-paducah", "name": "Global Laser Enrichment Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "McCracken County (near Paducah), Kentucky", "status": "licensing", "summary": "A planned commercial laser (SILEX) enrichment plant next to the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, designed initially to re-enrich DOE's depleted uranium tails into natural-grade UF6 and to enrich up to 8% U-235. The NRC has been reviewing the licence application since August 2025, with the safety evaluation due January 2027; Cameco agreed in September 2026 to buy all of the plant's future output.", "operator": "Global Laser Enrichment, LLC", "owner_note": "Joint venture of Silex Systems (51%) and Cameco (49%).", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "laser", "products": [ "LEU", "LEU+" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": "2030", "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "NRC docket 70-7033: application submitted June 2025, docketed 4 Aug 2025; EIS targeted Sept 2026 and SER Jan 2027; mandatory hearing (CLI-26-3); hearing petition filed by Kentucky Resources Council 5 May 2026. GLE expects a licence in early 2027.", "government_support": "DOE agreement (2016) for access to Paducah depleted-uranium tails; ~USD 28m (up to USD 28.5m) DOE award Jan 2026 for next-generation enrichment technology; Kentucky/McCracken County incentive package of up to ~USD 99m (Mar 2026).", "offtake_note": "Exclusive offtake agreement (Sept 2026): Cameco to purchase 100% of PLEF production, natural UF6 through enriched products.", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2025-06-27", "event": "GLE submitted the safety and safeguards analysis report completing its NRC licence application for PLEF.", "source": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-06/html/2026-04474.htm" }, { "date": "2025-08-04", "event": "The NRC accepted the PLEF licence application for docketing and review.", "source": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/fc/global-laser-enrichment-nc-lc" }, { "date": "2026-01-05", "event": "DOE awarded GLE about USD 28m to advance next-generation enrichment technology.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-awards-27-billion-restore-american-uranium-enrichment" }, { "date": "2026-03-06", "event": "The NRC published a notice of opportunity to request a hearing on the PLEF application.", "source": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-06/html/2026-04474.htm" }, { "date": "2026-05-05", "event": "The Kentucky Resources Council petitioned for a hearing, challenging DOE's authority to transfer depleted uranium feedstock.", "source": "https://www.lpm.org/news/2026-05-14/kentucky-environmental-group-petitions-for-federal-hearing-on-gles-nuclear-license-request" }, { "date": "2026-09-16", "event": "GLE and Cameco signed an exclusive agreement for Cameco to buy all of PLEF's future production.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cameco-in-offtake-agreement-for-us-laser-enrichment-plant" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-06/html/2026-04474.htm", "title": "Federal Register: Global Laser Enrichment, LLC; Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (Mar 6, 2026)", "publisher": "US Federal Register / NRC", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/facility-finder/fc/global-laser-enrichment-nc-lc", "title": "Global Laser Enrichment facility page", "publisher": "US Nuclear Regulatory Commission", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.lpm.org/news/2026-05-14/kentucky-environmental-group-petitions-for-federal-hearing-on-gles-nuclear-license-request", "title": "Kentucky environmental group petitions for federal hearing on GLE's nuclear license request", "publisher": "Louisville Public Media", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cameco-in-offtake-agreement-for-us-laser-enrichment-plant", "title": "Cameco in offtake agreement for US laser enrichment plant", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-awards-27-billion-restore-american-uranium-enrichment", "title": "U.S. Department of Energy Awards $2.7 Billion to Restore American Uranium Enrichment", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/2026-10-06/article-8465/general-matters-nrc-license-application-materials-publicly-available/", "title": "General Matter's NRC license application materials publicly available", "publisher": "American Nuclear Society", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "No SWU capacity published for PLEF (a 2013 estimate cited by WNA was 0.5-1.0 million SWU/yr; not used). Planned output from tails: up to 2,000 t UF6/yr (~5 million lb U) for 30+ years per GLE (WNN, Jan 2026); ~70,000 t of new feed over plant life from >200,000 t of tails. Project cost reported at USD 1.76bn (LPM). ANS (Oct 2026) says GLE has opted not to produce HALEU for now, though GLE says it intends to serve LEU, LEU+ and HALEU markets. 2030 is GLE's operating target, not confirmed by NRC.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:global-laser-enrichment", "site:paducah-lef" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "inl-ebr-ii-haleu-recovery", "name": "Idaho National Laboratory EBR-II fuel HALEU recovery", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho", "status": "program_active", "summary": "Idaho National Laboratory is electrochemically treating about 3 tonnes of used HEU driver fuel from the shut-down EBR-II reactor and downblending the recovered uranium into HALEU. INL expects just under 10 tonnes of HALEU when treatment finishes at the end of 2028, about half of it allocated to Oklo's Aurora powerhouse.", "operator": "Idaho National Laboratory (Battelle Energy Alliance for DOE)", "owner_note": "DOE Office of Nuclear Energy-funded.", "facility_type": "downblending", "technology": "downblending", "products": [ "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": "2028", "haleu_output_kg": 10000, "haleu_output_basis": "cumulative", "license_status": "DOE-regulated (not NRC).", "government_support": "Funded by DOE Office of Nuclear Energy; part of DOE HALEU supply for the HALEU Availability Program.", "offtake_note": "About 5 t allocated to Oklo for the Aurora powerhouse at INL; material suits fast reactors and needs extra processing for thermal/LWR use. INL transferred ~6 kg HALEU to BWXT (2023) for TRISO development.", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2019", "event": "INL demonstrated a polishing process converting 3 kg of recovered HALEU from metal to oxide.", "source": "https://www.ans.org/news/2025-10-24/article-7387/leading-the-charge-inls-role-in-advancing-haleu-production/" }, { "date": "2023", "event": "INL transferred about 6 kg of HALEU to BWXT for TRISO fuel development.", "source": "https://www.ans.org/news/2025-10-24/article-7387/leading-the-charge-inls-role-in-advancing-haleu-production/" }, { "date": "2025-10", "event": "INL reported EBR-II driver fuel treatment running around the clock four days a week, with completion scheduled by end-2028.", "source": "https://www.ans.org/news/2025-10-24/article-7387/leading-the-charge-inls-role-in-advancing-haleu-production/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/2025-10-24/article-7387/leading-the-charge-inls-role-in-advancing-haleu-production/", "title": "Leading the charge: INL's role in advancing HALEU production", "publisher": "American Nuclear Society", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/haleu-availability-program", "title": "HALEU Availability Program", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "haleu output is the expected total (~10 t, 'just under 10 metric tons') once EBR-II driver fuel treatment completes by end-2028, not delivered output. No cumulative delivered figure published. A new glovebox line for HALEU oxide is planned from 2028 at hundreds of kg/yr.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:inl" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "inb-resende-enrichment", "name": "INB Resende uranium enrichment plant", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "BR", "region": "south-america", "location": "Resende, Rio de Janeiro", "status": "expanding", "summary": "Brazil's enrichment plant at INB's Resende nuclear fuel factory uses Navy-developed centrifuges and is licensed to enrich up to 5% U-235. The tenth cascade, inaugurated in November 2022, completed the first phase and covers about 70% of Angra 1's annual reload. A second phase of 30 more cascades aims to supply Angra 1 and 2 by 2033 and Angra 3 by 2037.", "operator": "Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB)", "owner_note": "State-owned; centrifuge technology developed and supplied by the Brazilian Navy (CTMSP, Iperó).", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": "2037", "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "Licensed to enrich up to 5% U-235.", "government_support": "State-funded; joint project with the Brazilian Navy. INB reported BRL 560m invested by 2018 and BRL 3bn total expected by 2033.", "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2006", "event": "INB inaugurated the first centrifuge cascade at Resende.", "source": "https://www.inb.gov.br/Detalhe/Conteudo/inb-finaliza-primeira-fase-de-usina-de-enriquecimento-de-uranio/Origem/395" }, { "date": "2018-08", "event": "INB inaugurated the seventh cascade, raising enrichment capacity by 25%.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/brazil-increases-uranium-enrichment-capacity" }, { "date": "2022-11-25", "event": "INB inaugurated the tenth cascade, completing phase one and covering about 70% of Angra 1's annual reload.", "source": "https://www.inb.gov.br/Detalhe/Conteudo/inb-finaliza-primeira-fase-de-usina-de-enriquecimento-de-uranio/Origem/395" }, { "date": "2026-08-14", "event": "Brazilian press reported ten cascades operating at Resende, still covering about 70% of Angra 1's reload.", "source": "https://www.sociedademilitar.com.br/2026/08/uranio-enriquecido-marinha-inb-resende-labgene-ipero-2022j.html" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.inb.gov.br/Detalhe/Conteudo/inb-finaliza-primeira-fase-de-usina-de-enriquecimento-de-uranio/Origem/395", "title": "INB finaliza primeira fase de Usina de Enriquecimento de Urânio", "publisher": "Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/brazil-increases-uranium-enrichment-capacity", "title": "Brazil increases uranium enrichment capacity", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.sociedademilitar.com.br/2026/08/uranio-enriquecido-marinha-inb-resende-labgene-ipero-2022j.html", "title": "A tecnologia que enriquece o urânio queimado em Angra 1... (Aug 2026)", "publisher": "Sociedade Militar", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "No current SWU figure is published. WNN (2018) cited plans for stage 1 of four modules totalling 115 tSWU/yr and stage 2 reaching 200 tSWU/yr; WNA's 'Other (INB, JNFL)' line totals 355 tSWU in 2025. target year 2037 is INB's date for supplying Angra 3. BRL figures are from 2018 reporting. The Aug 2026 milestone is a press status report, not an INB announcement.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "jnfl-rokkasho-enrichment", "name": "JNFL Rokkasho Uranium Enrichment Plant", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "JP", "region": "asia", "location": "Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture", "status": "expanding", "summary": "Japan's only commercial enrichment plant, run by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd at Rokkasho, now produces about 112.5 tSWU a year after resuming operation in August 2023. JNFL is installing new-generation centrifuges to reach 450 tSWU a year by fiscal 2028; the regulator approved the final upgrade stage in June 2025, and the plant took its first uranium feed delivery in 11 years in October 2025.", "operator": "Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL)", "owner_note": null, "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 112.5, "capacity_swu_target": 450, "capacity_target_year": "2028", "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "Licensed by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority; NRA approved design and construction plans for the final stage of centrifuge upgrades on 30 June 2025.", "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "1992", "event": "The Rokkasho enrichment plant began operation.", "source": "https://www.jaif.or.jp/en/news/industry/7682" }, { "date": "2017-09", "event": "JNFL suspended production at the plant.", "source": "https://www.jaif.or.jp/en/news/industry/7682" }, { "date": "2023-08", "event": "Operations resumed.", "source": "https://www.jaif.or.jp/en/news/industry/7682" }, { "date": "2025-06-30", "event": "The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved design and construction plans for the final stage of upgraded centrifuges.", "source": "https://www.jaif.or.jp/en/news/7582" }, { "date": "2025-10-07", "event": "JNFL announced the first uranium hexafluoride feed delivery since 2014, up to 625 t of uranium from Cameco.", "source": "https://www.jaif.or.jp/en/news/industry/7682" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.jaif.or.jp/en/news/7582", "title": "NRA approves centrifuge upgrade plans at Rokkasho enrichment plant", "publisher": "Japan Atomic Industrial Forum", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.jaif.or.jp/en/news/industry/7682", "title": "Rokkasho enrichment plant receives first uranium delivery in 11 years", "publisher": "Japan Atomic Industrial Forum", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2025/10/enrichment_plant_in_rokka.html", "title": "Enrichment plant in Rokkasho prepares to resume operations", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "Long-term JNFL aim is 1,500 tSWU/yr (no date). WNA describes 450 tSWU/yr as licensed with about 150 tSWU/yr operating; JAIF (2025) gives 112.5 tSWU/yr current. No 2026 status update found.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "lis-technologies-oak-ridge", "name": "LIS Technologies laser enrichment plant (Oak Ridge)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "Former K-25 site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee", "status": "planned", "summary": "A proposed USD 1.38bn commercial laser enrichment plant by Laser Isotope Separation Technologies (LIST) on the former K-25 gaseous diffusion footprint in Oak Ridge, using its CRISLA infrared-laser process. LIST holds a Tennessee radioactive materials licence for UF6 testing and targets initial commercial operation before 2030, subject to NRC licensing and a final investment decision.", "operator": "Laser Isotope Separation Technologies Inc. (LIST)", "owner_note": "Privately held; founded 2023; ~USD 64m raised as of Jan 2026.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "laser", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "Tennessee Radioactive Material Licence for UF6 testing (Dec 2025); NRC licensing process under way per company.", "government_support": "Selected Dec 2024 as one of six companies in DOE's LEU Enrichment Acquisition Program (no task order award in Jan 2026); support from Tennessee Nuclear Energy Fund.", "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2024-12", "event": "DOE selected LIST as one of six companies eligible for LEU enrichment acquisition task orders.", "source": "https://www.neimagazine.com/news/list-plans-laser-enrichment-plant/" }, { "date": "2025-12", "event": "LIST received a Tennessee radioactive material licence allowing tests with UF6 feedstock.", "source": "https://www.neimagazine.com/news/list-plans-laser-enrichment-plant/" }, { "date": "2026-01", "event": "LIST announced a USD 1.38bn commercial laser enrichment plant on the 206-acre former Duct Island parcel at the K-25 site.", "source": "https://www.neimagazine.com/news/list-plans-laser-enrichment-plant/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.neimagazine.com/news/list-plans-laser-enrichment-plant/", "title": "LIST plans laser enrichment plant", "publisher": "Nuclear Engineering International", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/domestic-low-enriched-uranium-supply-chain", "title": "Domestic Low Enriched Uranium Supply Chain", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "low", "notes": "No capacity, product enrichment level or firm schedule published; 'before 2030' is a company target. Feb 2026 release names the plant the LEU-3 Facility under 'Project F.U.E.L.' with Enveniam as lead integrator (search snippets only). No post-February 2026 progress found.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "nusano-haleu", "name": "Nusano HALEU production line (direct metallisation)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "West Valley City, Utah (company HQ; plant site not announced)", "status": "planned", "summary": "Utah isotope company Nusano is developing modular HALEU production units using an accelerator-based electromagnetic separation process that works on solid uranium metal instead of UF6 gas. It was selected in 2026 for DOE/NRIC's Nuclear Energy Launch Pad program; each 1,200 sq ft unit is designed for 5.9 tonnes of HALEU a year, with the first commercial unit targeted for 2031.", "operator": "Nusano, Inc.", "owner_note": "Privately held; founded 2016.", "facility_type": "haleu-production", "technology": "other", "products": [ "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": "2031", "haleu_output_kg": 5900, "haleu_output_basis": "target-per-year", "license_status": "Letter of intent sent to NRC on 1 Oct 2025; no application filed.", "government_support": "Selected for DOE / National Reactor Innovation Center Nuclear Energy Launch Pad program (2026).", "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2025-06-11", "event": "Nusano announced plans for a HALEU production facility in Utah with a claimed capacity of 350 tonnes of fuel a year.", "source": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/epusa.html" }, { "date": "2025-10-01", "event": "Nusano sent a letter of intent to the NRC.", "source": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/epusa.html" }, { "date": "2026-09", "event": "DOE and NRIC selected Nusano for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad program to develop a HALEU production line.", "source": "https://www.neimagazine.com/news/nusano-selected-for-doe-haleu-program/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.neimagazine.com/news/nusano-selected-for-doe-haleu-program/", "title": "Nusano selected for DOE HALEU program", "publisher": "Nuclear Engineering International", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/epusa.html", "title": "New Uranium Conversion/Enrichment and Nuclear Fuel Plant Projects - USA", "publisher": "WISE Uranium Project", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "low", "notes": "haleu output is per-unit design output (5.9 t/yr per unit), not a plant total. The 2025 claim of 350 t/yr by 2029 and Q4 2026 samples has been superseded by a 2031 first-unit target. Technology unproven at commercial scale; NRC framework is built around UF6. Selection month (Sept 2026) is inferred from NEI article image date.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:nusano" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "orano-georges-besse-ii", "name": "Orano Georges Besse II enrichment plant (Tricastin)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "FR", "region": "europe", "location": "Tricastin site, Drome/Vaucluse", "status": "expanding", "summary": "Orano's centrifuge enrichment plant at Tricastin, rated at 7.5 million SWU a year across 14 modules. A roughly EUR 1.7bn extension adding four identical modules and 2.5 million SWU broke ground in October 2024, had over 70% of its concrete poured by November 2025 and was authorized by government decree in April 2026; first production is planned for 2028 and full commissioning for 2030.", "operator": "Orano", "owner_note": "Orano is majority owned by the French state.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 7500, "capacity_swu_target": 10000, "capacity_target_year": "2030", "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "Building permit granted June 2024; government decree authorizing the capacity increase published 30 Apr 2026; first UF6 introduction into the extension requires prior approval of the French nuclear safety regulator (ASNR).", "government_support": "European Investment Bank financing of EUR 400m for the extension (reported by NEI Magazine).", "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2023-10", "event": "Orano's board approved an investment of nearly EUR 1.7bn to extend Georges Besse II by four modules.", "source": "https://www.orano.group/finance-raa/2025/en/39/" }, { "date": "2024-06", "event": "The building permit for the extension was granted.", "source": "https://www.orano.group/finance-raa/2025/en/39/" }, { "date": "2024-10", "event": "Orano held the groundbreaking ceremony for the extension after work began in late summer 2024.", "source": "https://www.orano.group/finance-raa/2025/en/39/" }, { "date": "2025-03-10", "event": "The European Investment Bank granted a EUR 400m loan for the extension.", "source": "https://www.orano.group/en/news/news-group/2025/december/progress-on-georges-besse-2-plant-extension-project" }, { "date": "2025-11-20", "event": "Orano hosted an EIB delegation at Tricastin, reporting over 70% of the extension's concrete poured and the project on schedule and within budget.", "source": "https://www.orano.group/en/news/news-group/2025/december/progress-on-georges-besse-2-plant-extension-project" }, { "date": "2026-04-30", "event": "The French government published the decree authorizing the increase of Georges Besse II capacity from 7.5 to 10 million SWU.", "source": "https://www.sfeninenglish.org/georges-besse-ii-extension-orano-enrichment/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.orano.group/finance-raa/2025/en/39/", "title": "Annual Activity Report 2025 - Georges Besse II extension", "publisher": "Orano", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.orano.group/en/news/news-group/2025/december/progress-on-georges-besse-2-plant-extension-project", "title": "Progress on Georges Besse 2 plant extension project", "publisher": "Orano", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.sfeninenglish.org/georges-besse-ii-extension-orano-enrichment/", "title": "Georges Besse II: extension decree marks halfway point in the project", "publisher": "SFEN", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.neimagazine.com/news/eib-reviews-oranos-enrichment-expansion/", "title": "EIB reviews Orano's enrichment expansion", "publisher": "Nuclear Engineering International", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/06/plans_to_expand_the_enric.html", "title": "Plans to expand the enrichment capacity", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "Cost ~EUR 1.7bn. New modules to come online progressively from 2028, full commissioning 2030. Orano also says it is prepared to supply enrichment above 6% by 2030 given firm customer commitments (Orano HALEU page, search snippet).", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:orano" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "orano-project-ike-oak-ridge", "name": "Orano Project IKE enrichment facility (Oak Ridge)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "Oak Ridge, Tennessee", "status": "licensing", "summary": "A planned USD 5bn centrifuge enrichment plant by Orano on former Manhattan Project land in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The NRC accepted its licence application for an accelerated 12-month review in May 2026, and DOE awarded Orano a USD 900m LEU task order for the project in January 2026; LEU production is slated to begin in 2031.", "operator": "Orano Enrichment USA (Orano)", "owner_note": "Orano USA subsidiary of French state-majority-owned Orano.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU", "LEU+" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": 7400, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "NRC licence application submitted early 2026 (completed March 2026), accepted for review 21 May 2026; hearing opportunity noticed 12 Aug 2026; NRC aims to finish review in about 12 months (around April 2027).", "government_support": "USD 900m DOE LEU enrichment task order (Task Order 2, Jan 5, 2026); support from the State of Tennessee Nuclear Energy Fund.", "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2024-09", "event": "Orano selected Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the site for a new US enrichment plant.", "source": "https://wnn.world-nuclear.org/articles/us-enrichment-funding-reactions" }, { "date": "2026-01-05", "event": "DOE finalized a USD 900m task order with Orano Federal Services to expand US LEU enrichment capacity via Project IKE.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-awards-usd27-billion-to-strengthen-us-uranium-enrichment" }, { "date": "2026-03", "event": "Orano completed submission of its NRC licence application.", "source": "https://www.ans.org/news/2026-08-20/article-8311/nrc-opens-defines-hearing-opportunity-for-oranos-project-ike/" }, { "date": "2026-05-21", "event": "The NRC accepted the Project IKE licence application for an accelerated 12-month review.", "source": "https://www.orano.group/usa/en/our-news/news-releases/2026" }, { "date": "2026-08-12", "event": "A Federal Register notice opened a 60-day window to request a hearing on the application.", "source": "https://www.ans.org/news/2026-08-20/article-8311/nrc-opens-defines-hearing-opportunity-for-oranos-project-ike/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.orano.group/usa/en/our-news/news-releases/2026", "title": "Orano Advances Project IKE with NRC Acceptance for Review of Uranium Enrichment License Application", "publisher": "Orano USA", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/2026-08-20/article-8311/nrc-opens-defines-hearing-opportunity-for-oranos-project-ike/", "title": "NRC opens, defines hearing opportunity for Orano's Project Ike", "publisher": "American Nuclear Society", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/05/nrc_accepted_oranos_licen.html", "title": "NRC accepted Orano's license application for the Project Ike enrichment facility in Oak Ridge", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-awards-usd27-billion-to-strengthen-us-uranium-enrichment", "title": "DOE awards USD2.7 billion to strengthen US uranium enrichment", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://wnn.world-nuclear.org/articles/us-enrichment-funding-reactions", "title": "US enrichment funding recipients flesh out plans", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "Capacity 7,400 tSWU/yr is from IPFM citing an industry report on the licence application; Orano's release gives no SWU figure. Enrichment ceiling: NRC/ANS say up to 8 wt% U-235 (LEU+ range), IPFM says up to 10%. Feed includes re-enrichment of depleted UF6 tails. 2031 LEU start per WNN (Jan 2026); no capacity target year confirmed by Orano.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:orano" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "qle-necsa-pelindaba-haleu", "name": "Quantum Leap Energy / Necsa HALEU enrichment project (Pelindaba)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "ZA", "region": "middle-east-africa", "location": "Pelindaba, North West province", "status": "planned", "summary": "A proposed HALEU enrichment facility at South African state nuclear company Necsa's Pelindaba site, to be developed by Quantum Leap Energy (QLE), the nuclear-fuel subsidiary of ASP Isotopes. A pre-implementation services contract signed in February 2026 gives QLE access to Necsa facilities and services for siting, design and construction; no capacity or schedule has been published.", "operator": "Quantum Leap Energy (ASP Isotopes Inc.)", "owner_note": "QLE is a subsidiary of Nasdaq/JSE-listed ASP Isotopes; site owned by the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa).", "facility_type": "haleu-production", "technology": null, "products": [ "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "Subject to National Nuclear Regulator approvals; no licence application reported.", "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2026-02-20", "event": "QLE and Necsa signed a pre-implementation services contract covering an enrichment facility at Pelindaba.", "source": "https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/asp-isotopes-subsidiary-partners-with-necsa-to-produce-haleu-nuclear-fuel-2026-03-13" }, { "date": "2026-02-23", "event": "ASP Isotopes announced the contract, aimed at market readiness for HALEU production.", "source": "https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/asp-isotopes-subsidiary-partners-with-necsa-to-produce-haleu-nuclear-fuel-2026-03-13" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/asp-isotopes-subsidiary-partners-with-necsa-to-produce-haleu-nuclear-fuel-2026-03-13", "title": "ASP Isotopes subsidiary partners with Necsa to produce HALEU nuclear fuel", "publisher": "Engineering News (Creamer Media)", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "low", "notes": "Technology described only as QLE's 'in-licensed and proprietary enrichment technology'; Technology type is not disclosed in the source, so it is not recorded. QLE also reportedly partners with Fermi America on a HALEU facility in Carson County, Texas (search snippet only).", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "savannah-river-h-canyon-haleu-downblending", "name": "Savannah River Site H-Canyon HEU-to-HALEU downblending", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina", "status": "program_active", "summary": "DOE plans to blend down about 2.2 tonnes of surplus highly enriched uranium at the Savannah River Site's H-Area to make about 3.1 tonnes of HALEU for advanced reactor fuel, under an amended record of decision issued in 2025. In February 2026 DOE said it would restart uranium recovery in H-Canyon, citing spent fuel holding enough HEU for up to 19 tonnes of HALEU.", "operator": "US Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management (Savannah River Site)", "owner_note": "DOE-owned site; HEU stored as uranyl nitrate liquid.", "facility_type": "downblending", "technology": "downblending", "products": [ "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": 3100, "haleu_output_basis": "cumulative", "license_status": "DOE-regulated (not NRC); amended ROD under DOE/EIS-0240 and DOE/EIS-0279 (April 2025; Federal Register notice 25 July 2025).", "government_support": "DOE Office of Environmental Management with Office of Nuclear Energy; HALEU supplies DOE's HALEU Availability Program.", "offtake_note": "HALEU liquid to be shipped to an offsite commercial vendor for fabrication into reactor fuel.", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2025-04", "event": "DOE issued an amended record of decision to blend down about 2.2 t of HEU into about 3.1 t of HALEU at SRS.", "source": "https://www.energy.gov/nepa/articles/doeeis-0240-and-doeeis-0279-amended-record-decision-april-2025" }, { "date": "2025-07-25", "event": "The amended record of decision was published in the Federal Register.", "source": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-25/pdf/2025-14017.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-02-04", "event": "DOE announced it would resume uranium recovery operations in SRS's H-Canyon, with no restart timeline given.", "source": "https://www.exchangemonitor.com/doe-to-restart-uranium-recovery-at-srs/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/nepa/articles/doeeis-0240-and-doeeis-0279-amended-record-decision-april-2025", "title": "DOE/EIS-0240 and DOE/EIS-0279: Amended Record of Decision (April 2025)", "publisher": "US Department of Energy", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-25/pdf/2025-14017.pdf", "title": "Federal Register Vol. 90 No. 141: HEU Blend Down to HALEU at the Savannah River Site", "publisher": "US Federal Register / DOE", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/2025-07-24/article-7231/savannah-river-site-could-produce-31-mt-of-haleu-as-downblending-plan-okayed/", "title": "Savannah River Site could produce 3.1 MT of HALEU as downblending plan okayed", "publisher": "American Nuclear Society", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.exchangemonitor.com/doe-to-restart-uranium-recovery-at-srs/", "title": "DOE to restart uranium recovery at SRS", "publisher": "ExchangeMonitor", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "haleu output = planned total (~3,100 kg) from the 2.2 t HEU campaign, not delivered output; no confirmed production start found. The 19 t HALEU figure is the potential from HEU in SRS spent fuel inventory (DOE, Feb 2026), not a commitment. H-Canyon previously downblended HEU to >300 t of LEU (2003-2011).", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:doe" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "siberian-chemical-combine-seversk", "name": "Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) isotope separation plant, Seversk", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "RU", "region": "asia", "location": "Seversk, Tomsk region", "status": "operating", "summary": "The enrichment (isotope separation) plant of Rosatom's Siberian Chemical Combine in Seversk, listed by WISE at a nominal 3 million SWU a year. In December 2025 Rosatom launched the first block of generation 9+ centrifuges there, the third of its four enrichment sites to modernize, with further blocks due to be commissioned through 2027.", "operator": "JSC Siberian Chemical Combine, TVEL / Rosatom", "owner_note": "Rosatom (Russian state corporation) via its Fuel Division (TVEL).", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 3000, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2017-10-16", "event": "SCC completed dismantling two blocks of fifth-generation centrifuges, leaving sixth- to eighth-generation machines installed.", "source": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/eopru.html" }, { "date": "2025-12-02", "event": "Rosatom launched the first block of generation 9+ centrifuges at the Seversk isotope separation plant, with further commissioning scheduled for 2025-2027.", "source": "https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/rosatom-nachal-modernizatsiyu-tretego-po-schetu-zavoda-po-obogashcheniyu-urana/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/rosatom-nachal-modernizatsiyu-tretego-po-schetu-zavoda-po-obogashcheniyu-urana/", "title": "Rosatom starts modernization of its third uranium enrichment plant", "publisher": "Rosatom (Atommedia)", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2025/12/rosatom_begins_deployment.html", "title": "Rosatom begins deployment of new-generation centrifuges at Seversk", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/eopru.html", "title": "Current Issues: Operating Uranium Conversion/Enrichment and Nuclear Fuel Plants - Russia", "publisher": "WISE Uranium Project", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html", "title": "Uranium Enrichment Facilities (updated 2 May 2026)", "publisher": "WISE Uranium Project", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "Capacity 3,000 tSWU/yr is WISE's nominal (dated) figure; modernization replaces centrifuges and may not change nameplate capacity, so no target capacity is given; 2027 is the modernization completion target. WNA (Sept 2026, from Nuclear Fuel Report 2025) gives Rosatom's combined capacity across all four sites as 29,133 tSWU/yr in 2025 (about 43% of world capacity), so WISE's dated per-plant figures understate the current total. Rosatom does not publish per-site capacity.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:rosatom", "site:seversk-pdec" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "uralsk-electrochemical-combine-novouralsk", "name": "Urals Electrochemical Combine (UEIP/UECC), Novouralsk", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "RU", "region": "europe", "location": "Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk region", "status": "operating", "summary": "Russia's largest uranium enrichment plant, operated by Rosatom's fuel division TVEL, with a nominal capacity of about 10 million SWU a year per WISE. It began installing generation 9+ centrifuges in 2018 under Rosatom's re-equipment programme. Its LEU exports to US buyers have been restricted by a Russian decree since November 2024.", "operator": "JSC Urals Electrochemical Combine (UEIP), TVEL / Rosatom", "owner_note": "Rosatom (Russian state corporation) via its Fuel Division (TVEL).", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 10000, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2018", "event": "Installation of generation 9+ gas centrifuges began at the Urals Electrochemical Combine.", "source": "https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/rosatom-nachal-modernizatsiyu-tretego-po-schetu-zavoda-po-obogashcheniyu-urana/" }, { "date": "2024-11-15", "event": "Russia's government restricted exports of enriched uranium to the United States, allowing only one-time licences.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/russia-places-ban-on-us-uranium-exports" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html", "title": "Uranium Enrichment Facilities (updated 2 May 2026)", "publisher": "WISE Uranium Project", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/rosatom-nachal-modernizatsiyu-tretego-po-schetu-zavoda-po-obogashcheniyu-urana/", "title": "Rosatom starts modernization of its third uranium enrichment plant", "publisher": "Rosatom (Atommedia)", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2025/12/rosatom_begins_deployment.html", "title": "Rosatom begins deployment of new-generation centrifuges at Seversk", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/russia-places-ban-on-us-uranium-exports", "title": "Russia places 'tit-for-tat' ban on US uranium exports", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "Capacity 10,000 tSWU/yr is WISE's nominal figure (dated; no as-of year). WNA (Sept 2026, from Nuclear Fuel Report 2025) gives Rosatom's combined capacity across all four sites as 29,133 tSWU/yr in 2025 (about 43% of world capacity), so WISE's dated per-plant figures understate the current total. Rosatom does not publish per-site capacity. The US export restriction applies to Russian enriched uranium generally, not this plant specifically.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [ "org:rosatom" ], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "urenco-capenhurst-haleu", "name": "Urenco Capenhurst HALEU plant (UK HALEU programme)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "GB", "region": "europe", "location": "Capenhurst, Cheshire, England", "status": "planned", "summary": "A planned commercial HALEU enrichment plant at Urenco's Capenhurst site, co-funded by the UK government under its GBP 300m HALEU programme and targeted for operation by 2031. Urenco now cites output of up to 27 tonnes of HALEU a year, up from the 10 tonnes a year in the 2024 funding announcement; front-end engineering is under way.", "operator": "Urenco UK Ltd", "owner_note": "Urenco Group; project co-funded by the UK government.", "facility_type": "haleu-production", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "HALEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": null, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": "2031", "haleu_output_kg": 27000, "haleu_output_basis": "target-per-year", "license_status": null, "government_support": "UK government award of GBP 196m (May 2024) from a GBP 300m HALEU programme announced Jan 2024.", "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2024-01", "event": "The UK government announced a GBP 300m programme to develop domestic HALEU production.", "source": "https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-aims-for-Urenco-built-HALEU-facility-by-2031" }, { "date": "2024-05-08", "event": "The UK government awarded Urenco GBP 196m to build a HALEU facility at Capenhurst able to produce up to 10 tonnes a year by 2031.", "source": "https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-aims-for-Urenco-built-HALEU-facility-by-2031" }, { "date": "2026-04-16", "event": "Urenco told the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2026 conference that the Capenhurst HALEU plant is due by 2031 with planned output of up to 27 tonnes of HALEU.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2026/urenco-at-the-world-nuclear-fuel-cycle-2026" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-aims-for-Urenco-built-HALEU-facility-by-2031", "title": "UK aims for Urenco-built HALEU facility by 2031", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2026/urenco-at-the-world-nuclear-fuel-cycle-2026", "title": "Urenco at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2026", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/costain-chosen-to-design-uk-s-novel-advanced-nuclear-fuels-facility/", "title": "Costain chosen to design UK's novel advanced nuclear fuels facility", "publisher": "The Chemical Engineer", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/03/urenco_enrichment_capacit.html", "title": "URENCO enrichment capacity expansion plans", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "Output figures conflict: 10 t/yr in the 2024 UK government announcement vs 'up to 27 tonnes' in Urenco's 2026 statements and 2025 annual report (IPFM). WNN gave both GBP 195m and GBP 196m for the award. Search snippets (not independently opened) report ~GBP 400m total cost split equally with the UK government, Costain selected for FEED due to complete in 2027, and construction to start in 2028; treat these as unconfirmed. Called the 'Advanced Fuels Facility' on Urenco's UK page.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "urenco-gronau", "name": "Urenco Deutschland Gronau enrichment plant", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "DE", "region": "europe", "location": "Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia", "status": "expanding", "summary": "Germany's only uranium enrichment plant, operated by Urenco Deutschland since 1985 with about 3,400 tSWU/yr of capacity. Urenco is refitting existing space with new centrifuge cascades to lift capacity by around 20%, and commissioned an on-site uranium oxide storage facility in October 2026.", "operator": "Urenco Deutschland GmbH", "owner_note": "Part of Urenco Group (UK government, Dutch government, E.ON and RWE each one-third).", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 3400, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "Operating under an expansion licence granted in 2005.", "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "1985", "event": "Enrichment operations at Gronau began.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/new-about/global-locations/germany" }, { "date": "2005", "event": "The plant's expansion licence was granted.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2026/uranium-oxide-storage-facility-in-germany-officially-commissioned" }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "event": "Urenco officially commissioned a uranium oxide storage facility at Gronau.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2026/uranium-oxide-storage-facility-in-germany-officially-commissioned" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.urenco.com/new-about/global-locations/germany", "title": "Urenco Deutschland (Germany) site page", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2026/uranium-oxide-storage-facility-in-germany-officially-commissioned", "title": "Uranium oxide storage facility in Germany officially commissioned", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/03/urenco_enrichment_capacit.html", "title": "URENCO enrichment capacity expansion plans", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/06/plans_to_expand_the_enric.html", "title": "Plans to expand the enrichment capacity", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "medium", "notes": "Urenco gives no absolute SWU figure for the Gronau expansion; its site page says 'around 20%'. IPFM estimates ~300 tSWU/yr (3,400 to 3,700 tSWU/yr in 2026-2027), roughly 9%, so sources disagree; target not recorded. Urenco Deutschland listed 3,600 tSWU in Jan 2025 per an archived page cited by IPFM.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "urenco-almelo", "name": "Urenco Nederland Almelo enrichment plant", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "NL", "region": "europe", "location": "Almelo, Overijssel", "status": "expanding", "summary": "Urenco's Dutch centrifuge enrichment site at Almelo, with about 5,100 tSWU/yr of capacity. Urenco is adding about 1.5 million SWU in two stages: a 750,000 SWU first stage due online from 2027 and a second 750,000 SWU centrifuge hall approved in October 2025 and expected from 2030.", "operator": "Urenco Nederland B.V.", "owner_note": "Part of Urenco Group (UK government, Dutch government, E.ON and RWE each one-third).", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU" ], "capacity_swu_current": 5100, "capacity_swu_target": 6600, "capacity_target_year": "2030", "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": null, "government_support": null, "offtake_note": null, "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2023-12", "event": "Urenco announced a first-stage expansion of about 750,000 SWU at Almelo.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2025/further-capacity-expansion-at-urencos-site-in-the-netherlands" }, { "date": "2025-10-20", "event": "Urenco announced it was doubling the planned Almelo expansion with a second 750,000 SWU centrifuge hall.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2025/further-capacity-expansion-at-urencos-site-in-the-netherlands" }, { "date": "2026-08-21", "event": "Urenco named Joost van den Broek as Managing Director of Urenco Nederland.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2026/urenco-appoints-new-managing-director-for-urenco-nederland" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2025/further-capacity-expansion-at-urencos-site-in-the-netherlands", "title": "Further capacity expansion at Urenco's site in the Netherlands", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2026/urenco-appoints-new-managing-director-for-urenco-nederland", "title": "Urenco appoints new Managing Director for Urenco Nederland", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/03/urenco_enrichment_capacit.html", "title": "URENCO enrichment capacity expansion plans", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "Capacity 5,100 tSW/a per Urenco site pages and IPFM (Jan 2025); one Urenco Nederland page lists 5,000 tSW/a. Target ~6,600 tSWU by 2030 is IPFM's sum of current capacity plus two 750 tSWU stages. Plants SP4 and SP5 operate; SP5 provides >80% of capacity (Urenco site page via search snippet). The Aug 2026 milestone is a management change, the most recent site-specific Urenco item found.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "urenco-capenhurst", "name": "Urenco UK Capenhurst enrichment plant", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "GB", "region": "europe", "location": "Capenhurst, Cheshire, England", "status": "operating", "summary": "The UK's uranium enrichment site, operated by Urenco UK, with about 4,500 tSWU/yr of capacity across three plants (E23 provides over 80%). In May 2026 it completed a first LEU+ production trial reaching 7% U-235, and it will host the UK's planned HALEU plant (tracked separately).", "operator": "Urenco UK Ltd", "owner_note": "Part of Urenco Group (UK government, Dutch government, E.ON and RWE each one-third).", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU", "LEU+" ], "capacity_swu_current": 4500, "capacity_swu_target": null, "capacity_target_year": null, "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "Licensed nuclear site regulated by ONR; ONR permitted a Phase 1 LEU+ production trial after a regulatory readiness review (2026).", "government_support": null, "offtake_note": "Urenco said LEU+ could be transported to fuel fabricators from early 2027.", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "1973", "event": "Enrichment operations at Capenhurst began.", "source": "https://urenco.com/global-operations/urenco-uk" }, { "date": "2026-04", "event": "ONR inspected Urenco UK's readiness to enrich beyond 6 wt% U-235 to support release of a regulatory hold point for Phase 1 of the LEU+ project.", "source": "https://onr.org.uk/publications/regulatory-reports/site-specific-reports/inspection-records/2026/07/capenhurst-works-uuk-inspection-id-54251" }, { "date": "2026-05-01", "event": "Urenco completed a five-day LEU+ production trial at Capenhurst, achieving samples at 7% U-235.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2026/urenco-plant-produces-leu-in-first-trial" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://urenco.com/global-operations/urenco-uk", "title": "Urenco UK site page", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.urenco.com/news/global/2026/urenco-plant-produces-leu-in-first-trial", "title": "Urenco plant produces LEU+ in first trial", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/urencos-capenhurst-site-produces-leu-in-first-trial-run", "title": "Urenco's Capenhurst site produces LEU+ in first trial run", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://onr.org.uk/publications/regulatory-reports/site-specific-reports/inspection-records/2026/07/capenhurst-works-uuk-inspection-id-54251", "title": "Capenhurst Works (UUK) inspection ID 54251", "publisher": "Office for Nuclear Regulation", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment", "title": "Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026)", "publisher": "World Nuclear Association", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "Urenco states 4,500 tSW/a current capacity; no LEU capacity expansion is planned at Capenhurst per IPFM, though Urenco reports refurbishment with two plants brought back online after upgrades. HALEU plant is a separate record (urenco-capenhurst-haleu).", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" }, { "slug": "urenco-usa-eunice", "name": "Urenco USA National Enrichment Facility (Eunice)", "vertical": "uranium-enrichment-haleu", "country": "US", "region": "north-america", "location": "Eunice, New Mexico", "status": "expanding", "summary": "The only operating commercial uranium enrichment plant in the United States, run by Urenco USA (Louisiana Energy Services) and supplying about one-third of US commercial enrichment demand. Six of eight new cascades in a 700,000 SWU expansion were producing by October 2026, and ground was broken in August 2026 on a further 2.1 million SWU plant due to start production in 2032.", "operator": "Urenco USA (Louisiana Energy Services, LLC)", "owner_note": "Subsidiary of Urenco Group, owned one-third by the UK government, one-third by the Dutch government and one-third by German utilities E.ON and RWE.", "facility_type": "enrichment-plant", "technology": "gas-centrifuge", "products": [ "LEU", "LEU+" ], "capacity_swu_current": 4300, "capacity_swu_target": 7100, "capacity_target_year": "2036", "haleu_output_kg": null, "haleu_output_basis": null, "license_status": "NRC-licensed; NRC approved a licence amendment in Dec 2024 and gave final authorization on 30 Sep 2025 to enrich up to 10% U-235 (LEU+).", "government_support": "Privately financed (Urenco says the plant was developed without public funding); Louisiana Energy Services holds a DOE LEU-acquisition contract (Task Order 1 selection, Dec 2024).", "offtake_note": "Supplies US utilities; first commercial LEU+ deliveries to a fuel fabricator were planned for 2026 (Urenco, Dec 2025); delivery not yet confirmed in sources found.", "currency": null, "milestones": [ { "date": "2010", "event": "Commercial operation of the National Enrichment Facility began.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/uusa/2026/urenco-usa-completes-75-percent-of-current-us-uranium-enrichment-capacity-project" }, { "date": "2025-09-30", "event": "The NRC authorized Urenco USA to enrich uranium up to 10% U-235 (LEU+).", "source": "https://www.ans.org/news/2025-10-02/article-7424/urenco-usa-gets-ok-to-enrich-uranium-up-to-10-percent/" }, { "date": "2025-12-11", "event": "Urenco USA completed its first production run of LEU+ enriched to 8.5% U-235, the first above 5% at a US commercial enrichment plant.", "source": "https://urencousa.com/news/sustainability/2025/urenco-usa-advances-u.s-nuclear-fuel-supply-with-new-capability-and-capacity" }, { "date": "2026-03-30", "event": "The fourth new cascade began producing LEU, marking the halfway point of the 700,000 SWU expansion.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/uusa/2026/urenco-usa-reaches-half-way-point-of-current-u.s-capacity-expansion" }, { "date": "2026-06-22", "event": "The fifth new cascade began production.", "source": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/more-new-capacity-online-at-us-uranium-enrichment-plant" }, { "date": "2026-08-18", "event": "Urenco held a groundbreaking ceremony with US Energy Secretary Chris Wright for a new 2.1 million SWU, 24-cascade enrichment plant at the site.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/uusa/2026/urenco-usa-celebrates-future-expansion-with-us-secretary-of-energy" }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "event": "Urenco announced production from the sixth new cascade, completing 75% of the current expansion project.", "source": "https://www.urenco.com/news/uusa/2026/urenco-usa-completes-75-percent-of-current-us-uranium-enrichment-capacity-project" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.urenco.com/news/uusa/2026/urenco-usa-completes-75-percent-of-current-us-uranium-enrichment-capacity-project", "title": "Urenco USA Completes 75% of Current U.S. Uranium Enrichment Capacity Project", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://urencousa.com/news/sustainability/2025/urenco-usa-advances-u.s-nuclear-fuel-supply-with-new-capability-and-capacity", "title": "Urenco USA Advances U.S. Nuclear Fuel Supply with New Capability and Capacity", "publisher": "Urenco USA", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.urenco.com/news/uusa/2026/urenco-usa-reaches-half-way-point-of-current-u.s-capacity-expansion", "title": "Urenco USA reaches half-way point of current U.S. capacity expansion", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.urenco.com/news/uusa/2026/urenco-usa-celebrates-future-expansion-with-us-secretary-of-energy", "title": "Urenco USA Celebrates Future Expansion with U.S. Secretary of Energy", "publisher": "Urenco", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.ans.org/news/2025-10-02/article-7424/urenco-usa-gets-ok-to-enrich-uranium-up-to-10-percent/", "title": "Urenco USA gets OK to enrich uranium up to 10 percent", "publisher": "American Nuclear Society", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-10/html/2024-28929.htm", "title": "Federal Register: Louisiana Energy Services license amendment (Dec 10, 2024)", "publisher": "US Federal Register / NRC", "type": "primary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/more-new-capacity-online-at-us-uranium-enrichment-plant", "title": "More new capacity online at US uranium enrichment plant", "publisher": "World Nuclear News", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/03/urenco_enrichment_capacit.html", "title": "URENCO enrichment capacity expansion plans", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" }, { "url": "https://fissilematerials.org/blog/2026/06/plans_to_expand_the_enric.html", "title": "Plans to expand the enrichment capacity", "publisher": "International Panel on Fissile Materials", "type": "secondary", "checked_on": "2026-10-11" } ], "confidence": "high", "notes": "Current capacity: Urenco (Oct 2026) says the facility 'produces 4.3 million SWU annually' (4,300 tSWU); IPFM gives 4,900 tSWU installed (2023) and 4,650 tSWU after the first expansion phase (Apr 2026), so baseline figures differ between sources. First three new cascades started May, Sept and Dec 2025 (IPFM); six new cascades add more than 500,000 SWU; seventh cascade expected later in 2026 and eighth in spring 2027. Target 7,100 tSWU = 4,300 existing + 700 expansion + 2,100 new plant (Urenco states 'more than 7 million SWU' over the next decade; full new-plant build-out through 2036). Refurbishment of existing cascades to start 2027. Investment to exceed USD 8bn.", "related_slugs": [], "tracker_slug": null, "see_also": [], "entity_ids": [], "updated_at": "2026-10-11", "last_verified": "2026-10-11" } ] }