Treaty of Almelo
4 March 2010
4 March 2010 was the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Almelo, the inter-governmental agreement which led to the creation of URENCO.
The Treaty, signed by the governments of Germany, the Netherlands and the UK on 4 March 1970, established fundamental principles for the effective supervision of URENCO’s technology, centrifuge manufacturing and operations and marked the start of a new age in uranium enrichment for civil purposes.
Four decades on, that agreement remains at the cornerstone of international collaboration on non-proliferation, while URENCO has grown considerably and extended its international co-operation to include the USA and France. In this way, URENCO has become a model of how international co-operation can ensure a safe, secure and commercially attractive supply of nuclear fuel for the peaceful production of nuclear power.
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