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Novouralsk, Zelenogorsk, Angarsk and Seversk

enrichment Russia operating
Capacity
29,133tSWU/yr

Novouralsk, Zelenogorsk, Angarsk and Seversk is a enrichment facility operated by TVEL Fuel Company in Russia. It has a capacity of 29,133 tSWU/yr as of 2025, about 43% of world enrichment capacity.

Four plants holding roughly 43% of world enrichment capacity — more than the rest of the world combined outside China. This single number is the reason enrichment is treated as a strategic dependency: until the 2024 US import ban, Russia supplied around a fifth of US reactor fuel enrichment, and it remains the only established commercial source of HALEU.

Facility
StageEnrichment
OperatorTVEL Fuel Company
CountryRussia
Capacity 29,133tSWU/yr
Figure applies to2025
Note on the figureCombined across all four Russian plants; Rosatom does not publish a per-site split.
Statusoperating
Commissionednot stated
Coordinates57.2500, 60.0800
Position in the chain

This facility is about 43% of world enrichment capacity (68,076 tSWU/yr, 2025).

TVEL Fuel Company also operates:

Other enrichment facilities

FacilityCapacityStatus
CNNC enrichment plants 13,789tSWU/yr operating
Georges Besse II, Tricastin 7,500tSWU/yr operating
Urenco Almelo not disclosed operating
Urenco Gronau not disclosed operating
Urenco Capenhurst not disclosed operating
Urenco USA, National Enrichment Facility not disclosed operating
Rokkasho Enrichment Plant not disclosed operating
Project IKE, Oak Ridge not disclosed planned

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