Urenco Gronau
Urenco Gronau is a enrichment facility operated by Urenco in Germany. It has a capacity of 3,600 tSWU/yr as of 2026, about 5% of world enrichment capacity.
Germany's only enrichment plant, and notably exempt from the country's nuclear phase-out: it continues to operate and export after every German power reactor has shut.
| Stage | Enrichment |
|---|---|
| Operator | Urenco |
| Country | Germany |
| Capacity | 3,600tSWU/yr |
| Figure applies to | 2026 |
| Note on the figure | IPFM, June 2026. Expanding to 3,900 tSWU/yr by 2027. |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | not stated |
| Coordinates | 52.2100, 7.0400 |
This facility is about 5% of world enrichment capacity (68,076 tSWU/yr, 2025).
Urenco also operates:
- Urenco ChemPlants, Capenhurst (deconversion)
- Urenco Almelo (enrichment)
- Urenco Capenhurst (enrichment)
- Urenco USA, National Enrichment Facility (enrichment)
- Urenco Capenhurst HALEU line (haleu)
Other enrichment facilities
At the market indicator. 3,600 tSWU/yr of nameplate capacity, valued at US$ 200.00 per SWU spot, comes to roughly US$ 720 million a year, or US$ 659 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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