Urenco Almelo
Urenco Almelo is a enrichment facility operated by Urenco in Netherlands. It has a capacity of 5,100 tSWU/yr as of 2026, about 7% of world enrichment capacity.
The original Urenco plant and the birthplace of the commercial gas centrifuge, built under the 1970 Treaty of Almelo between the UK, the Netherlands and West Germany.
| Stage | Enrichment |
|---|---|
| Operator | Urenco |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Capacity | 5,100tSWU/yr |
| Figure applies to | 2026 |
| Note on the figure | IPFM, June 2026. Urenco plans about 6,600 tSWU/yr by 2030. |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | 1973 |
| Coordinates | 52.3560, 6.6300 |
This facility is about 7% of world enrichment capacity (68,076 tSWU/yr, 2025).
Urenco also operates:
- Urenco ChemPlants, Capenhurst (deconversion)
- Urenco Gronau (enrichment)
- Urenco Capenhurst (enrichment)
- Urenco USA, National Enrichment Facility (enrichment)
- Urenco Capenhurst HALEU line (haleu)
Other enrichment facilities
At the market indicator. 5,100 tSWU/yr of nameplate capacity, valued at US$ 200.00 per SWU spot, comes to roughly US$ 1.02 billion a year, or US$ 933 million at the long-term indicator. Treat both as scale, not revenue: most volume moves under contracts signed years earlier at prices neither figure reflects, and nothing here is netted against the cost of producing it. The indicators, and forty years of history behind them, are on fuel market prices.
Sources
- World Nuclear Association, Uranium Enrichment · retrieved 2026-09-06
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