Urenco, a nuclear fuel consortium, has installed new centrifuges at its enrichment site in Eunice, New Mexico, as part of an expansion project aimed at increasing capacity by 15%. The first production from the newly installed centrifuges is expected to begin in 2025.
Urenco site’s expansion project, scheduled for completion in 2027, is the first to be delivered under the company’s capacity expansion program.
This project will increase enrichment capacity at the site by approximately 15%, providing an additional 700,000 Separative Work Units per year. Urenco US is on schedule to begin producing enriched uranium from newly installed centrifuges in 2025, according to the company.“Our enrichment site in Eunice is ideally located to serve our US customers and the wider global market to help meet energy security and decarbonization goals,” said Boris Schucht, Urenco CEO.
“This will not only mean an even stronger US nuclear fuel supply chain, but more jobs, skills, and development so we can continue to attract and retain the next generation of operators, engineers and scientists for the future of this industry,” heThe company uses uranium hexafluoride, a volatile, toxic white solid, in the process of enriching uranium to produce fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
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