Capacity milestone in Almelo
31 March 2009
On 31 March 2009 the URENCO enrichment site in Almelo reached the milestone of 4 million SW/a capacity when the 6th cascade of SP5 hall 5 came online.
Just over 75% of URENCO’s enrichment capacity in Almelo is located in the SP5 plant, the rest in SP4. In the next few months, SP5’s capacity will be extended further with two more cascades in hall 5, followed by another eight cascades in hall 6 in the course of 2010.
The annual production of 4 million SWU is sufficient to make fuel rods for 40 large nuclear power plants, providing over 90 million households with clean, safe and sustainable energy.