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Pilcaniyeu

enrichment Argentina not operating

Pilcaniyeu is a enrichment facility operated by Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica in Argentina. Its capacity is not publicly disclosed.

Argentina's gaseous diffusion plant, built in secret in the 1980s under the military government and declared afterwards. It has been restarted and stopped repeatedly. IPFM gives its capacity in parentheses because the plant is not operating, so the figure is nominal rather than actual.

Facility
StageEnrichment
OperatorComisión Nacional de Energía Atómica
CountryArgentina
Capacity not disclosed
Figure applies to2026
Statusnot operating
Commissionednot stated
Coordinates-41.1333, -70.7167
Position in the chain

No disclosed capacity, so its share of world enrichment capacity cannot be stated.

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