Urenco USA, National Enrichment Facility
Urenco USA, National Enrichment Facility is a enrichment facility operated by Urenco in United States. It has a capacity of 4,650 tSWU/yr as of 2026, about 7% of world enrichment capacity.
The only operating commercial enrichment plant in the United States. In October 2025 it received NRC authorisation to enrich up to 10% U-235. LEU+ rather than full HALEU, but the first Western step above the long-standing 5% ceiling.
| Stage | Enrichment |
|---|---|
| Operator | Urenco |
| Country | United States |
| Capacity | 4,650tSWU/yr |
| Figure applies to | 2026 |
| Note on the figure | IPFM, June 2026. Expanding to 5,600 tSWU/yr in 2027. |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | 2010 |
| Coordinates | 32.4340, -103.0640 |
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 Capenhurst (enrichment)
- Urenco Capenhurst HALEU line (haleu)
Other enrichment facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Novouralsk (Urals Electrochemical Combine) | 13,300tSWU/yr | operating |
| Zelenogorsk (Electrochemical Plant) | 7,900tSWU/yr | operating |
| Georges Besse II, Tricastin | 7,500tSWU/yr | operating |
| Project IKE, Oak Ridge | 7,500tSWU/yr | licensing |
| Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility | 6,000tSWU/yr | planned |
| Urenco Almelo | 5,100tSWU/yr | operating |
| Urenco Capenhurst | 4,500tSWU/yr | operating |
| Angarsk (Electrolysis Chemical Combine) | 4,000tSWU/yr | operating |
| Seversk (Siberian Chemical Combine) | 3,800tSWU/yr | operating |
| Urenco Gronau | 3,600tSWU/yr | operating |
| Hanzhong (Shaanxi) enrichment plant | 2,700tSWU/yr | operating |
| Heping (Plant 814) | 230tSWU/yr | operating |
| Rokkasho Enrichment Plant | 150tSWU/yr | operating |
| Resende enrichment plant | 50tSWU/yr | operating |
| Lanzhou enrichment plant | not disclosed | operating |
| Emeishan enrichment plant | not disclosed | operating |
| Pilcaniyeu | not disclosed | not operating |
| Ratehalli (Rare Materials Plant) | not disclosed | operating |
| Kahuta (Khan Research Laboratories) | not disclosed | operating |
| Gadwal | not disclosed | operating |
| Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant | not disclosed | uncertain |
| Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant | not disclosed | uncertain |
| Yongbyon enrichment plant | not disclosed | operating |
| Kangson | not disclosed | operating |
At the market indicator. 4,650 tSWU/yr of nameplate capacity, valued at US$ 200.00 per SWU spot, comes to roughly US$ 930 million a year, or US$ 851 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
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data