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.
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Current state
| Status | Operating |
| Country | Russia |
| Location | Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk region |
| Operator | JSC Urals Electrochemical Combine (UEIP), TVEL / Rosatom |
| Ownership | Rosatom (Russian state corporation) via its Fuel Division (TVEL). |
| Facility type | Enrichment plant |
| Technology | Gas centrifuge |
| Products | LEU |
| Capacity (tSWU/yr) | 10,000 |
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.
Timeline
- 2018 — Installation of generation 9+ gas centrifuges began at the Urals Electrochemical Combine. (source)
- 2024-11-15 — Russia's government restricted exports of enriched uranium to the United States, allowing only one-time licences. (source)
The timeline is append-only: corrections are added as new entries. Stated targets appear in the current-state table, never as milestones.
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Sources
- Uranium Enrichment Facilities (updated 2 May 2026) — WISE Uranium Project, checked 2026-10-11
- Rosatom starts modernization of its third uranium enrichment plant — Rosatom (Atommedia) (primary), checked 2026-10-11
- Rosatom begins deployment of new-generation centrifuges at Seversk — International Panel on Fissile Materials, checked 2026-10-11
- Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026) — World Nuclear Association, checked 2026-10-11
- Russia places 'tit-for-tat' ban on US uranium exports — World Nuclear News, checked 2026-10-11