US Firm Targets 50% Uranium Enrichment Capacity Expansion
The project will add 2.1 million SWU and lift installed capacity to more than 7 million SWU over the next decade, Urenco said.
- On Tuesday, June 2, Urenco USA announced a nearly 50% expansion of its commercial uranium enrichment facility in Eunice, New Mexico, marking a major commitment to strengthening the U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain.
- Driven by the looming Jan. 1, 2028, Russian uranium import ban, the expansion addresses tightening domestic enrichment availability as the U.S. nuclear sector seeks reliable, domestically sourced fuel supplies.
- Multi-Billion dollar construction begins in 2029, creating 300 to 600 peak construction jobs, with initial production starting in 2032 and full capacity online by 2036.
- The expansion boosts annual capacity to more than 7 million SWU over the next decade; the site requires no additional licensing, remaining within existing Nuclear Regulatory Commission limits.
- Small modular reactors and extended reactor lifetimes drive demand for increased uranium production, as utilities secure reliable domestic fuel supplies to support next-generation nuclear deployment.
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US firm targets 50% uranium enrichment capacity expansion
Urenco USA has announced plans to expand uranium enrichment capacity at its Eunice, New Mexico facility by nearly 50%. The capacity expansion is planned in response to what the company describes as growing domestic demand for a secured supply of low enriched uranium (LEU) to fuel nuclear power plants across the United States. Boris Schucht, CEO of Urenco Global said “This expansion reinforces our commitment to a resilient U.S. nuclear fuel suppl…
America's Only Commercial Uranium Enricher Is Privately Building a New Plant Amid a Widening Nuclear Fuel Supply Gap
Urenco USA, operator of the only U.S. commercial-scale uranium enrichment facility, will expand low-enriched uranium (LEU) capacity at its National Enrichment Facility (NEF) in Eunice, New Mexico, by nearly 50% through a privately funded, multibillion-dollar investment that includes construction of a new enrichment plant. The project will add 2.1 million separative work units (SWU) of […] The post America’s Only Commercial Uranium Enricher Is Pr…
Urenco USA Plans Significant Expansion In New Mexico Of U.S. Uranium Enrichment Capacity
Urenco USA announced today that it will expand the capacity of the United States’ only commercial uranium enrichment facility by nearly 50 percent with construction of a new enrichment plant at its enrichment facility in Eunice, N.M. Courtesy/Urenco USA Urenco USA News: EUNICE – Urenco USA announced today that it will expand the capacity of the United States’ only commercial uranium enrichment facility by nearly 50 percent, marking a major commi…
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