World uranium enrichment plants
Country / plant |
Status |
Process |
Operator |
Capacity
(SWU/year) |
Annual
production
(SWU) |
Start of operation /
proposed start date |
Date of shut down |
Argentina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pilcaniyeu (Phase 2) |
« |
Diffusion |
NASA |
100 000 |
|
|
|
Pilcaniyeu (Phase 1) |
— |
Diffusion |
NASA |
20 000 |
|
|
|
Brazil |
Sorocaba |
+ |
Centrifuge |
IPEN |
|
|
|
|
Resende 4 |
— |
Centrifuge |
INB |
115 000 |
|
2006 |
|
Resende Jet Nozzle Plant |
Ø |
Jet nozzle |
|
|
|
|
|
France |
Georges Besse Plant |
— |
Diffusion |
Eurodif |
10 800 000 |
|
1982 |
2012–13 |
Georges Besse II 3 |
« |
Centrifuge |
Areva |
7 500 000 |
|
2009 |
|
Germany |
Gronau |
— |
Centrifuge |
Urenco |
1 800 000 |
|
08/85 |
|
Iran |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natanz |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Japan |
Hyuga |
— |
Chemical |
Asahi Chemical Industry Co |
2 000 |
0 |
12/86 |
|
Ningyo-Toge (Pilot) |
— |
Centrifuge |
JAEA |
|
|
1982 |
|
Uranium Enrichment Plant (Rokkasho) |
— |
Centrifuge |
JNFL |
1 500 000 |
|
03/92 |
|
Ningyo-Toge (Demonstration) |
□ |
Centrifuge |
JAEA |
200 000 kgswu/y |
|
1989 |
|
Netherlands |
Almelo SP3 |
— |
Centrifuge |
Urenco |
100 000 |
100 000 |
01/73 |
|
Almelo SP4 |
— |
Centrifuge |
Urenco |
1 500 000 |
1 400 000 |
01/80 |
|
Almelo SP5 |
— |
Centrifuge |
Urenco |
1 000 000 |
500 000 |
05/00 |
|
Pakistan |
Kahuta 5 |
— |
Centrifuge |
PAEC |
5 000 |
|
1984 |
|
Russia |
Angarsk |
— |
Centrifuge |
Minatom |
2 000 000 |
|
1954 |
|
Ekaterinberg ( Sverdlovsk) |
— |
Centrifuge |
UEC (Minatom) |
9 000 000 |
|
1949 |
|
Krasnoyarsk-45 |
— |
Centrifuge |
EP (Minatom) |
5 000 000 |
|
1964 |
|
Tomsk 7 |
— |
Centrifuge |
SCC (Minatom) |
3 000 000 |
|
|
|
South Africa |
Valindaba (Pelindaba East) |
□ |
Helikon |
UCOR |
300 000 |
|
1982 |
|
United Kingdom |
E21 |
— |
Centrifuge |
Urenco |
1 100 000 |
1 100 000 |
11/76 |
|
USA |
Paducah, Kentucky |
— |
Diffusion |
USEC |
11 300 000 |
5 400 000 |
12/54 |
|
Portsmouth, Ohio
(Gaseous Diffusion Plant) |
□ |
Diffusion |
USEC |
7 400 000 |
6 400 000 |
11/55 |
2001 |
Oak Ridge |
□ |
Diffusion |
Exxon |
7 700 000 |
0 |
1945 |
1985 |
Eunice, New Mexico 1 |
« |
Centrifuge |
LES |
3 000 000
|
|
2008 |
|
Piketon, Ohio 2 |
« |
Centrifuge |
USEC |
3 500 000 |
|
2007 |
|
Source Nuclear Engineering International ( Wilmington Publishing), World Nuclear Industry Handbook 2006, p. 217. Updated with information provided by the Australian Uranium Association.
1 First production from the US ‘National Enrichment Facility’ at Eunice , New Mexico , is expected in 2008, with full capacity of 3 million SWU per year being reached in 2013.
2 The main centrifuge plant at Piketon Ohio , being constructed by USEC, has a planned initial capacity of 3.5 million SWU from 2011, with a license application for 7 million SWU to allow for expansion.
3 The Georges Besse II plant in France is expected to start operation in 2009, and expand to full capacity of 7.5 million SWU per year in 2018.
4 The capacity of the Resende plant in Brazil is expected to be expanded to 200 000 SWU per year.
5 The capacity of the Kahuta plant in Pakistan is expected to be expanded to approximately 150 000 SWU per year.
Status: — = operable
« = under construction
□ = shut down / decommissioned
+ = proposed
Ø = suspended |