Urenco's Deutschland is Urenco's German enrichment facility. It is located close to the Dutch/German border in North Rhine Westphalia, around 40km from our Dutch enrichment facility, Urenco Nederland link.
Enrichment services at Urenco Deutschland
At our facility, we enrich uranium for low carbon power generation using centrifuge technology designed and developed by Urenco. Like all our enrichment facilities, we operate within a framework of high environmental, social responsibility and corporate governance standards.
The first enrichment plant at Urenco Deutschland began operations in August 1985. By the beginning of 1998, the plant reached its original capacity of 1,000 tSW/a. In February 2005, a licence for a second enrichment plant was granted, allowing for our current production capacity.
Key facts
Urenco Technology and Development
In 2020, our Technology and Development function was created to bundle our technology capacities and business development activities across the organisation, as well as decommissioning, reuse and disposal of assets requirements.
The establishment of this function is an important part of our strategy. Primarily based at the Urenco Technology Centre in Gronau, UTD consist of a multi-disciplinary group of employees of different nationalities. Parts of the function are also based at our other sites - for example, Urenco Nuclear Stewardship link in the UK.
Our services
Enrichment
Urenco Chemplants operates our new Tails Management Facility in the UK; which deconverts the by-product of enrichment into a more stable form for long term storage for future enrichment of final disposal.
Advanced fuels
We're facilitating nuclear energy innovation through the development of our Urenco Advanced Fuels facility at our Capenhurst site. This is crucial for global and UK nuclear fuel projects requiring HALEU and LEU+. Thanks to a co-invectment of £196m with the UK Government.
Urenco Nuclear Stewardship
Urenco Nuclear Stewardship Limited is responsible for the management of nuclear materials, decommissioning and recycling.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the very heart of who we are and what we do. Nuclear power plays an important role in meeting the world's low carbon energy demands and its production requires processes that are efficient, safe and cost effective. Outline specific UD sustainability projects?
You can learn more about Urenco's sustainability commitment on our
sustainability pages and you can find Urenco Deutschland's environmental statements on our sustainability reporting page below.
Supporting our local communities
We have a long history of supporting our local communities. We regularly offer both practical and financial support, which includes a programme of employee volunteering.
We are particularly proud of our annual Safety Day. Every year, we invite employees, their families and members of the community, including local companies, to spend a day focused on safety. We organise interactive activities and games to highlight the importance of safety at work, home and whilst travelling.
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