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Urenco USA Starts Up First Phase of New U.S. Enrichment Capacity

Sustainability 19 May 2025

Urenco USA has initiated production of enriched uranium in its newest gas centrifuge cascade, marking the next phase of expansion at its enrichment facility in New Mexico.

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2030 Emissions Target Within Reach as Urenco Agrees to New Power Supplies

Sustainability 12 May 2025

Urenco has taken a significant step towards decarbonising its power supply by agreeing to enter into contracts for both its American and German sites.

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Urenco Joins Nuclear Pledge With Major Companies

Sustainability 14 March 2025

At CERAWeek in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, March 12,  Urenco’s Chief Commercial Officer, Laurent Odeh, shared a stage with executives from DOW, Google, and Amazon taking part in a critical conversation, “Tripling Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050”.

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Urenco USA Receives Approval of License Amendment Request Authorizing 10% Enrichment

Sustainability 11 December 2024

On December 11, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provided Urenco USA (UUSA) their approval of a License Amendment Request (LAR) to increase uranium enrichment levels up to 10% U-235.

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Urenco USA Selected for LEU Enrichment Award by U.S. Department of Energy

Sustainability 11 December 2024

Urenco USA has been selected for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for a 10-year period to provide enrichment services for the production of Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) from new domestic capacity in support of the mission of the Office of

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Urenco USA selected for HALEU enrichment award by U.S. Department of Energy

Sustainability 17 October 2024

Urenco USA has been selected for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to provide enrichment services for the production of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) from new domestic capacity in support of the mission of the Office of Nuclear

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Urenco marks installation of new US enrichment capacity

Sustainability 10 October 2024

Urenco has installed the first new centrifuges of an expansion project in the United States, which is on track to be delivering additional capacity next year.

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Advanced Fuels Announcement

Sustainability 08 May 2024

Today, the UK Government announced funding of £196m to Urenco to support the build of an advanced fuels facility at our Capenhurst enrichment site in the northwest of England.

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NRC Accepts Urenco USA’s License Amendment Request for LEU+

Sustainability 16 March 2024

On March 8, 2024, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted Urenco USA’s License Amendment Request (LAR)

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