Urenco USA, National Enrichment Facility
Urenco USA, National Enrichment Facility is a enrichment facility operated by Urenco in United States. Its capacity is not publicly disclosed.
The only operating commercial enrichment plant in the United States. In October 2025 it received NRC authorisation to enrich up to 10% U-235 — LEU+ rather than full HALEU, but the first Western step above the long-standing 5% ceiling.
Facility
| Stage | Enrichment |
|---|---|
| Operator | Urenco |
| Country | United States |
| Capacity | not disclosed |
| Figure applies to | — |
| Note on the figure | Included in Urenco's group figure. Urenco is adding 700 tSWU/yr here across eight new cascades, the first of which started up in May 2025. |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | 2010 |
| Coordinates | 32.4340, -103.0640 |
Position in the chain
No disclosed capacity, so its share of world enrichment capacity cannot be stated.
Urenco also operates:
- Urenco ChemPlants, Capenhurst (deconversion)
- Urenco Almelo (enrichment)
- Urenco Gronau (enrichment)
- Urenco Capenhurst (enrichment)
- Urenco Capenhurst HALEU line (haleu)
Other enrichment facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Novouralsk, Zelenogorsk, Angarsk and Seversk | 29,133tSWU/yr | operating |
| CNNC enrichment plants | 13,789tSWU/yr | operating |
| Georges Besse II, Tricastin | 7,500tSWU/yr | operating |
| Urenco Almelo | not disclosed | operating |
| Urenco Gronau | not disclosed | operating |
| Urenco Capenhurst | not disclosed | operating |
| Rokkasho Enrichment Plant | not disclosed | operating |
| Project IKE, Oak Ridge | not disclosed | planned |
Sources
- World Nuclear Association, Uranium Enrichment · retrieved 2026-09-06