Urenco Capenhurst
Urenco Capenhurst is a enrichment facility operated by Urenco in United Kingdom. It has a capacity of 4,500 tSWU/yr as of 2026, about 7% of world enrichment capacity.
The UK site, which also hosts Urenco ChemPlants' tails deconversion facility. Urenco has said it intends to produce HALEU here, targeting 2031.
| Stage | Enrichment |
|---|---|
| Operator | Urenco |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Capacity | 4,500tSWU/yr |
| Figure applies to | 2026 |
| Note on the figure | IPFM, June 2026. A HALEU line of up to 10 t/yr is planned from 2031. |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | not stated |
| Coordinates | 53.2600, -2.9500 |
This facility is about 7% of world enrichment capacity (68,076 tSWU/yr, 2025).
Urenco also operates:
- Urenco ChemPlants, Capenhurst (deconversion)
- Urenco Almelo (enrichment)
- Urenco Gronau (enrichment)
- Urenco USA, National Enrichment Facility (enrichment)
- Urenco Capenhurst HALEU line (haleu)
Other enrichment facilities
At the market indicator. 4,500 tSWU/yr of nameplate capacity, valued at US$ 200.00 per SWU spot, comes to roughly US$ 900 million a year, or US$ 824 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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