World Nuclear Fuel Facilities for processing of recycled uranium

(last updated 24 Oct 2009)

Contents:

• De-Nitrification Facilities
• Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities
• Uranium Enrichment Facilities
• Uranium Blending Facilities
• Light Water Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facilities
• Heavy Water Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facilities
• Further Information

> See also: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities (general)
> See also: Reprocessed Uranium

De-Nitrification Facilities for recycled uranium

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location a)	Capacity b) [MTU/year]
France	Areva NC	Pierrelatte TU2	1,200
		Pierrelatte TU5 [ISSUES]	1,700
Total

^a) Conversion of uranyl nitrate hexahydrate (UNH) to UO₂ or U₃O₈, unless otherwise noted
^b) Nominal capacity dedicated for recycled uranium

Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities for recycled uranium

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location a)	Capacity b) [MTU/year]
France	COMURHEX (100% Areva NC )	Pierrelatte INB-105 (closed)	(330)
Russia	Rosatom	Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK) , Seversk (formerly Tomsk-7) c)	500
Total

^a) Conversion of U₃O₈ to uranium hexafluoride (UF₆) unless otherwise noted.
^b) Nominal capacity dedicated for recycled uranium
^c) can handle reprocessed uranium either in the form of solution in nitric acid, or oxides, or uranium tetrafluoride (UF₄).
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium.

Uranium Enrichment Facilities for recycled uranium

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity a) [1000 SWU/year]
Centrifuge Plants
France	Eurodif	Georges Besse II, Tricastin [ISSUES]	(under constr.)
Netherlands	Urenco Nederland BV	Almelo [ISSUES]	300
Russia	Rosatom	Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK) , Seversk (formerly Tomsk-7) [ISSUES]	3,000
United Kingdom	Urenco UK Ltd.	Capenhurst [ISSUES]	?
Total

^a) Nominal capacity dedicated for recycled uranium
SWU = Separative Work Unit

Uranium Blending Facilities for recycled uranium

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity a) [MTU/year]
Russia	JSC TVEL	ELEMASH , Elektrostal
Total

^a) Nominal capacity dedicated for recycled uranium
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium

Light Water Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facilities for recycled uranium

Uranium Oxide Fuel Fabrication

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity a) [MTU/year]
France	FBFC (49% COGEMA , 51% Framatome )	Romans-sur-Isère [ISSUES]	150
Germany	Advanced Nuclear Fuels (66% Areva , 34% Siemens )	Lingen [ISSUES]	50
Japan	Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.	Yokosuka City	25
	Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co. Ltd. (30% Areva - planned)	Tokai-Mura	22
	Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd	Kumatori	30
		Tokai-Mura	22
Kazakhstan	Ulba Metallurgical Co (90% Kazatomprom )	Ust-Kamenogorsk b) [ISSUES]	800
Russia	JSC TVEL	ELEMASH , Elektrostal [ISSUES]	1,600
Total

^a) Nominal capacity dedicated to recycled uranium
^b) Production of UO2 pellets from U3O8
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium.
MTIHM = metric tonnes of initial heavy metal.

Heavy Water Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facilities for recycled uranium

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Capacity a) [MTU/year]
India	DAE Nuclear Fuel Complex	Hyderabad	?
		Trombay	?
Total

^a) Nominal capacity dedicated for recycled uranium
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium.

Further Information

• Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information System, A Directory of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities, 2009 Edition, IAEA-TECDOC-1613 , International Atomic Energy Agency, April 2009 (1.4MB PDF )

• Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information System - NFCIS (IAEA)

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