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World Nuclear Fuel Facilities

(last updated 4 Jan 2024)

Contents:

Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities
Uranium Enrichment Facilities: Gaseous Diffusion · Centrifuge
Uranium Downblending Facilities
Light Water Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facilities: Uranium Oxide · Mixed Oxide
Heavy Water Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facilities
Nuclear Fuel Production Waste Treatment Facilities
Nuclear Fuel Banks
Further Information

> See also: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities for processing of recycled uranium
> See also: Depleted Uranium Processing and Storage Facilities
> See also: Maps of the world showing Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities (Institut für Sicherheits- und Risikowissenschaften, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien)

Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities

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Country Owner/Controller Plant Name/Location ^a) Capacity ^b) [MTU/year]

Argentina CNEA Pilcaniyeu 64

Brazil IPEN São Paulo (closed) (90)

Canada Cameco Port Hope, Ontario [ISSUES] ^c) 9,200

China CNNC Lanzhou 3000

France Orano Pierrelatte [ISSUES] ^e) 15,000

Orano Pierrelatte TU5 ^f) [ISSUES] 350

Iran AEOI Isfahan [ISSUES] 193

Russia Rosatom Chepetsky Mechanical Plant (ChMP) , Glazov [ISSUES] 4,000

Siberian Group of Chemical Enterprises (SGChE) , Seversk [ISSUES] 10,000

Angarsk Electrochemical Combine (AECC) , Angarsk (closed) [ISSUES] (20,000)

United Kingdom Springfields Fuels Ltd. (Westinghouse) Springfields, Lancashire [ISSUES] 5,500

United States Converdyn (50% Honeywell International Inc., 50% General Atomics) Metropolis, Illinois [ISSUES] 15,000

Total 62,307

^a) Conversion of U₃O₈ to uranium hexafluoride (UF₆) unless otherwise noted.
^b) Nominal capacity
^c) UO₃ to UF₆ . U₃O₈ is converted to UO₃ as an intermediate step at Blind River , Ontario [ISSUES].
^e) UF₄ to UF₆ . U₃O₈ is converted to UF₄ as an intermediate step at the Malvési plant [ISSUES].
^f) Conversion of reprocessed uranyl nitrate to UF₆.
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium.

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location ^a)	Capacity ^b) [MTU/year]
Argentina	CNEA	Pilcaniyeu	64
Brazil	IPEN	São Paulo (closed)	(90)
Canada	Cameco	Port Hope, Ontario [ISSUES] ^c)	9,200
China	CNNC	Lanzhou	3000
France	Orano	Pierrelatte [ISSUES] ^e)	15,000
Orano	Pierrelatte TU5 ^f) [ISSUES]	350
Iran	AEOI	Isfahan [ISSUES]	193
Russia	Rosatom	Chepetsky Mechanical Plant (ChMP) , Glazov [ISSUES]	4,000
Siberian Group of Chemical Enterprises (SGChE) , Seversk [ISSUES]	10,000
Angarsk Electrochemical Combine (AECC) , Angarsk (closed) [ISSUES]	(20,000)
United Kingdom	Springfields Fuels Ltd. (Westinghouse)	Springfields, Lancashire [ISSUES]	5,500
United States	Converdyn (50% Honeywell International Inc., 50% General Atomics)	Metropolis, Illinois [ISSUES]	15,000
Total	62,307

Uranium Enrichment Facilities

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Country Owner/Controller Plant Name/Location Capacity ^a) [1000 SWU/year]

Gaseous Diffusion Plants

Argentina CNEA Pilcaniyeu [ISSUES] 20

China CNNC Lanzhou (closed?) (900)

France EURODIF Tricastin (closed since June 7, 2012) [ISSUES] (10,800)

United States Centrus Energy Corp. Paducah, Kentucky (closed since May 31, 2013) [ISSUES] (11,300)

Portsmouth, Ohio (closed since May 11, 2001) [ISSUES] (7,400)

Subtotal 20

Centrifuge Plants

Brazil INB Resende [ISSUES] ?

China CNNC Hanzhong [ISSUES] 1,000

Lanzhou [ISSUES] 500

France Société d'Enrichissement du Tricastin (SET) Georges Besse II, Tricastin [ISSUES] 7,500

Germany Urenco Deutschland GmbH Gronau [ISSUES] 4,100

India DAE Nuclear Fuel Complex Ratnahalli, Karnataka [ISSUES] 4.5

Iran AEOI Natanz [ISSUES] 11.5
Fordow, Qom [ISSUES] 0.9

Japan JNC Ningyo Toge 200

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) Rokkasho-mura [ISSUES] 1,050

Korea, DPR Yongbyon [ISSUES] 8

Tongchang [ISSUES] ?

Netherlands Urenco Nederland BV Almelo [ISSUES] 5,400

Pakistan Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Kahuta 5

Russia Rosatom Urals Electrochemical Integrated Enterprise (UEIE) , Novouralsk (formerly Sverdlovsk-44, near Ekaterinburg) [ISSUES] 10,000

Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK) , Seversk (formerly Tomsk-7) [ISSUES] 3,000

Electrochemical Plant (ECP) , Zelenogorsk (formerly Krasnoyarsk-45) [ISSUES] 8,700

Angarsk Electrolytic Chemical Combine (AEKhK) , Angarsk [ISSUES] 2,600

United Kingdom Urenco UK Ltd. Capenhurst [ISSUES] 4,900

USA Urenco USA Lea County, NM [ISSUES] 4,600

Subtotal 53,579.9

Total 53,599.9

^a) Nominal capacity
SWU = Separative Work Unit

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity ^a) [1000 SWU/year]
Gaseous Diffusion Plants
Argentina	CNEA	Pilcaniyeu [ISSUES]	20
China	CNNC	Lanzhou (closed?)	(900)
France	EURODIF	Tricastin (closed since June 7, 2012) [ISSUES]	(10,800)
United States	Centrus Energy Corp.	Paducah, Kentucky (closed since May 31, 2013) [ISSUES]	(11,300)
Portsmouth, Ohio (closed since May 11, 2001) [ISSUES]	(7,400)
Subtotal	20
Centrifuge Plants
Brazil	INB	Resende [ISSUES]	?
China	CNNC	Hanzhong [ISSUES]	1,000
Lanzhou [ISSUES]	500
France	Société d'Enrichissement du Tricastin (SET)	Georges Besse II, Tricastin [ISSUES]	7,500
Germany	Urenco Deutschland GmbH	Gronau [ISSUES]	4,100
India	DAE Nuclear Fuel Complex	Ratnahalli, Karnataka [ISSUES]	4.5
Iran	AEOI	Natanz [ISSUES]	11.5
Fordow, Qom [ISSUES]	0.9
Japan	JNC	Ningyo Toge	200
Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL)	Rokkasho-mura [ISSUES]	1,050
Korea, DPR		Yongbyon [ISSUES]	8
	Tongchang [ISSUES]	?
Netherlands	Urenco Nederland BV	Almelo [ISSUES]	5,400
Pakistan	Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)	Kahuta	5
Russia	Rosatom	Urals Electrochemical Integrated Enterprise (UEIE) , Novouralsk (formerly Sverdlovsk-44, near Ekaterinburg) [ISSUES]	10,000
Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK) , Seversk (formerly Tomsk-7) [ISSUES]	3,000
Electrochemical Plant (ECP) , Zelenogorsk (formerly Krasnoyarsk-45) [ISSUES]	8,700
Angarsk Electrolytic Chemical Combine (AEKhK) , Angarsk [ISSUES]	2,600
United Kingdom	Urenco UK Ltd.	Capenhurst [ISSUES]	4,900
USA	Urenco USA	Lea County, NM [ISSUES]	4,600
Subtotal	53,579.9
Total	53,599.9

Uranium Downblending Facilities

Country Owner/Controller Plant Name/Location Capacity ^a) [MTU/year]

United States BWXT Lynchburg, Virginia [ISSUES]

NFS Erwin, Tennessee [ISSUES]

U.S. DOE Savannah River Site , Aiken, South Carolina [ISSUES]

Y-12 Plant , Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Russia Rosatom Urals Electrochemical Integrated Enterprise (UEIE) , Novouralsk (formerly Sverdlovsk-44)

Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK) ,Seversk (formerly Tomsk-7) - decommsissioned [ISSUES]

Electrochemical Plant (ECP) , Zelenogorsk (formerly Krasnoyarsk-45)

Kazakhstan Ulba Metallurgical Co (90% Kazatomprom ) Ust-Kamenogorsk [ISSUES]

Total

^a) Nominal capacity
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location
United States	BWXT	Lynchburg, Virginia [ISSUES]
NFS	Erwin, Tennessee [ISSUES]
U.S. DOE	Savannah River Site , Aiken, South Carolina [ISSUES]
Y-12 Plant , Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Russia	Rosatom	Urals Electrochemical Integrated Enterprise (UEIE) , Novouralsk (formerly Sverdlovsk-44)
Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK) ,Seversk (formerly Tomsk-7) - decommsissioned [ISSUES]
Electrochemical Plant (ECP) , Zelenogorsk (formerly Krasnoyarsk-45)
Kazakhstan	Ulba Metallurgical Co (90% Kazatomprom )	Ust-Kamenogorsk [ISSUES]
Total

Light Water Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facilities

Uranium Oxide Fuel Fabrication
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Country Owner/Controller Plant Name/Location Capacity ^a) [MTU/year]

Argentina Dioxitek S.A. Córdoba ^b) [ISSUES]

Belgium FBFC (100% Orano ) Dessel (closed) [ISSUES] (750)

Brazil FEC (INB ) Resende 100

China CNNC Yibin [ISSUES] 400

France FBFC (100% Framatome, Inc. ) Romans-sur-Isère [ISSUES] 1,400

SICN (100% Orano ) Veurey-Voroise (closed) [ISSUES] (150)

Germany Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH (100% Framatome ) Lingen [ISSUES] 650

India DAE Nuclear Fuel Complex Hyderabad [ISSUES] 25

Japan Global Nuclear Fuel LLC, Ltd. Kurihama, Yokosuka City [ISSUES] 750

Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co. Ltd. (30% Orano - planned) Tokai-Mura [ISSUES] 440

Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd (100% Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp ) Kumatori 284

Tokai-Mura [ISSUES] 200

Kazakhstan Ulba Metallurgical Co (90% Kazatomprom ) Ust-Kamenogorsk [ISSUES] 2,800

South Korea KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. (KNFC) Taejon 550

Pakistan Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Kundian 20

Russia JSC TVEL ELEMASH , Elektrostal [ISSUES] 1,020

NCCP , Novosibirsk [ISSUES] 1,000

Spain ENUSA Juzbado [ISSUES] 400

Sweden Westinghouse Västerås [ISSUES] 600

United Kingdom Springfields Fuels Ltd. (Westinghouse) Springfields, Lancashire [ISSUES] 330

United States Framatome, Inc. Richland, Washington [ISSUES] 700

Westinghouse Hematite, Missouri (closed) [ISSUES, OLD ISSUES] (450)

Columbia, S. Carolina [ISSUES] 1,150

Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, L.L.C. Wilmington, N. Carolina [ISSUES] 1,200

Total 14,019

**Uranium Oxide Fuel Fabrication**
Map
Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity ^a) [MTU/year]
Argentina	Dioxitek S.A.	Córdoba ^b) [ISSUES]
Belgium	FBFC (100% Orano )	Dessel (closed) [ISSUES]	(750)
Brazil	FEC (INB )	Resende	100
China	CNNC	Yibin [ISSUES]	400
France	FBFC (100% Framatome, Inc. )	Romans-sur-Isère [ISSUES]	1,400
SICN (100% Orano )	Veurey-Voroise (closed) [ISSUES]	(150)
Germany	Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH (100% Framatome )	Lingen [ISSUES]	650
India	DAE Nuclear Fuel Complex	Hyderabad [ISSUES]	25
Japan	Global Nuclear Fuel LLC, Ltd.	Kurihama, Yokosuka City [ISSUES]	750
Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co. Ltd. (30% Orano - planned)	Tokai-Mura [ISSUES]	440
Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd (100% Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp )	Kumatori	284
Tokai-Mura [ISSUES]	200
Kazakhstan	Ulba Metallurgical Co (90% Kazatomprom )	Ust-Kamenogorsk [ISSUES]	2,800
South Korea	KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. (KNFC)	Taejon	550
Pakistan	Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)	Kundian	20
Russia	JSC TVEL	ELEMASH , Elektrostal [ISSUES]	1,020
NCCP , Novosibirsk [ISSUES]	1,000
Spain	ENUSA	Juzbado [ISSUES]	400
Sweden	Westinghouse	Västerås [ISSUES]	600
United Kingdom	Springfields Fuels Ltd. (Westinghouse)	Springfields, Lancashire [ISSUES]	330
United States	Framatome, Inc.	Richland, Washington [ISSUES]	700
Westinghouse	Hematite, Missouri (closed) [ISSUES, OLD ISSUES]	(450)
Columbia, S. Carolina [ISSUES]	1,150
Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, L.L.C.	Wilmington, N. Carolina [ISSUES]	1,200
Total	14,019

Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication
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Country Owner/Controller Plant Name/Location Capacity ^a) [MTIHM/year]

Belgium Belgonucléaire SA Dessel (to be closed in 2015) [ISSUES] 37

France Orano Cadarache (somewhat closed) [ISSUES] (40)

MELOX SA (100% Orano ) Marcoule [ISSUES] 195

Russia Mining and Chemical Combine (TVEL) Zelenogorsk [ISSUES]

India DAE Nuclear Fuel Complex Tarapur 50

Japan JNC Tokai-Mura 4.5

United Kingdom British Nuclear Fuels, Ltd. Sellafield [ISSUES] 128

Total 414.5

^a) Nominal capacity
^b) conversion to UO2
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium.
MTIHM = metric tonnes of initial heavy metal.

**Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication**
Map
Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity ^a) [MTIHM/year]
Belgium	Belgonucléaire SA	Dessel (to be closed in 2015) [ISSUES]	37
France	Orano	Cadarache (somewhat closed) [ISSUES]	(40)
MELOX SA (100% Orano )	Marcoule [ISSUES]	195
Russia	Mining and Chemical Combine (TVEL)	Zelenogorsk [ISSUES]
India	DAE Nuclear Fuel Complex	Tarapur	50
Japan	JNC	Tokai-Mura	4.5
United Kingdom	British Nuclear Fuels, Ltd.	Sellafield [ISSUES]	128
Total	414.5

Heavy Water Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facilities

Map

Country Owner/Controller Plant Name/Location Capacity ^a) [MTU/year]

Argentina 67% Pecom-Nuclear S.A., 33% CNEA Ezeiza [ISSUES] 160

Canada Cameco Corp. Port Hope, Ontario [ISSUES] ^b) 1,500

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. Peterborough, Ontario [ISSUES] ^c) 1,200

China CNNC Baotou, Inner Mongolia 200

India DAE Nuclear Fuel Complex Hyderabad 135

Trombay 135

Iran AEOI Isfahan [ISSUES] 35

Romania Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA Fabrica de Combustibil Nuclear Piteşti, Mioveni-Argeş [ISSUES] 240

South Korea KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. (KNFC) Taejon 400

Pakistan Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Chashma 20

Total 4,025

^a) Nominal capacity
^b) Processing of UO₂ only. Conversion of U₃O₈ to UO₃ is performed at Cameco's Blind River plant [ISSUES], and conversion of UO₃ to UO₂ at Cameco's Port Hope plant [ISSUES].
^c) UO₂ pellets are produced in GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.'s Toronto facility [ISSUES] and then assembled into fuel bundles in Peterborough.
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium.

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity ^a) [MTU/year]
Argentina	67% Pecom-Nuclear S.A., 33% CNEA	Ezeiza [ISSUES]	160
Canada	Cameco Corp.	Port Hope, Ontario [ISSUES] ^b)	1,500
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.	Peterborough, Ontario [ISSUES] ^c)	1,200
China	CNNC	Baotou, Inner Mongolia	200
India	DAE Nuclear Fuel Complex	Hyderabad	135
Trombay	135
Iran	AEOI	Isfahan [ISSUES]	35
Romania	Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA	Fabrica de Combustibil Nuclear Piteşti, Mioveni-Argeş [ISSUES]	240
South Korea	KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. (KNFC)	Taejon	400
Pakistan	Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)	Chashma	20
Total	4,025

Nuclear Fuel Production Waste Treatment Facilities

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity ^a) [MTU/year]
Sweden	Ranstad Mineral AB	Ranstad [ISSUES]
United States	IUC	White Mesa Mill, Utah [ISSUES]

^a) Nominal capacity

Nuclear Fuel Banks

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity ^a) [MTU]
Russia	Angarsk Electrolytic Chemical Combine (AEKhK)	Angarsk [ISSUES]	120
Kazakhstan	Ulba Metallurgical Co (90% Kazatomprom )	Ust-Kamenogorsk [ISSUES]	90

^a) Nominal capacity

Source: Originally based on: U.S. DOE / Energy Information Administration: Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report 1996, DOE/EIA-0436(96), Washington DC, October 1996;
Updated from IAEA - INFCIS , OECD NEA Nuclear Energy Data, and other sources.

Further Information

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information System, A Directory of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities, 2009 Edition, IAEA-TECDOC-1613 , International Atomic Energy Agency, April 2009 (1.4MB PDF )
Integrated Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information Systems - INFCIS (IAEA)

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