Cameco Fuel Manufacturing, Port Hope
Capacity
1,650tHM/yr
Cameco Fuel Manufacturing, Port Hope is a fabrication facility operated by Cameco Corporation in Canada. It has a capacity of 1,650 tHM/yr as of 2022, about 11% of world fabrication capacity.
The largest CANDU fuel plant in the world. Because CANDU runs on natural uranium, this line is fed directly from conversion with no enrichment step at all, the shortest fuel chain of any commercial reactor type.
Facility
| Stage | Fabrication |
|---|---|
| Operator | Cameco Corporation |
| Country | Canada |
| Capacity | 1,650tHM/yr |
| Figure applies to | 2022 |
| Note on the figure | CANDU (PHWR) fuel bundles. |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | not stated |
| Coordinates | 43.9500, -78.2900 |
Position in the chain
This facility is about 11% of world fabrication capacity (14,912 tHM/yr, 2022).
Cameco Corporation also operates:
- Port Hope Conversion Facility (conversion)
- McArthur River / Key Lake (mining)
- Cigar Lake (mining)
- Smith Ranch-Highland (mining)
Other fabrication facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility | 1,600tHM/yr | operating |
| Elektrostal (MSZ) | 1,560tHM/yr | operating |
| Romans-sur-Isère (FBFC) | 1,400tHM/yr | operating |
| Richland | 1,200tHM/yr | operating |
| Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant | 1,200tHM/yr | operating |
| Toronto and Peterborough | 1,200tHM/yr | operating |
| Wilmington | 1,000tHM/yr | operating |
| Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad | 1,000tHM/yr | operating |
| Daejeon | 900tHM/yr | operating |
| Västerås | 800tHM/yr | operating |
| Yibin (CJNF) | 800tHM/yr | operating |
| Lingen (ANF) | 650tHM/yr | operating |
| Kurihama (GNF-J) | 630tHM/yr | operating |
| Springfields | 600tHM/yr | operating |
| Juzbado | 500tHM/yr | operating |
| Nuclear Fuel Complex, Kota | 500tHM/yr | operating |
| Tokai-Mura (Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel) | 440tHM/yr | operating |
| Baotou (CBNF) | 400tHM/yr | operating |
| Kumatori (NFI) | 284tHM/yr | operating |
| Tokai-Mura (NFI) | 250tHM/yr | operating |
| Pitești | 250tHM/yr | operating |
| Baotou (CNNFC) | 246tHM/yr | operating |
| Resende | 240tHM/yr | operating |
| Ust-Kamenogorsk (ULBA) | 200tHM/yr | operating |
| Ezeiza and Córdoba (Conuar) | 200tHM/yr | operating |
| Melox, Marcoule | 195tHM/yr | operating |
| J-MOX, Rokkasho | 130tHM/yr | construction |
| Sellafield MOX Plant | 120tHM/yr | shut down |
| Zheleznogorsk MOX plant | 60tHM/yr | operating |
| Isfahan Fuel Manufacturing Plant | not disclosed | uncertain |
Sources
- World Nuclear Association, Nuclear Fuel Fabrication · retrieved 2026-09-06
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