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.
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Current state
| Status | Expanding |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Location | Almelo, Overijssel |
| Operator | Urenco Nederland B.V. |
| Ownership | 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 (tSWU/yr) | 5,100 |
| Target capacity (tSWU/yr) | 6,600 |
| Target year | 2030 |
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.
Timeline
- 2023-12 — Urenco announced a first-stage expansion of about 750,000 SWU at Almelo. (source)
- 2025-10-20 — Urenco announced it was doubling the planned Almelo expansion with a second 750,000 SWU centrifuge hall. (source)
- 2026-08-21 — Urenco named Joost van den Broek as Managing Director of Urenco Nederland. (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
- Further capacity expansion at Urenco's site in the Netherlands — Urenco (primary), checked 2026-10-11
- Urenco appoints new Managing Director for Urenco Nederland — Urenco (primary), checked 2026-10-11
- URENCO enrichment capacity expansion plans — International Panel on Fissile Materials, checked 2026-10-11
- Uranium Enrichment (updated 29 Sep 2026) — World Nuclear Association, checked 2026-10-11