Intro to Urenco UK etc., summary about Capenhurst and Birchwood. Urenco is an international supplier of enrichment services and fuel cycle products for the civil nuclear industry, serving utility customers world-wide who provide low carbon electricity through nuclear energy.
Urenco Capenhurst
Located in Capenhurst, Urenco UK operates three enrichment plants, which enable nuclear power stations around the world to generate electricity. The largest of the three plants, E23, produces more than 80% of the facility's enrichment capacity.
Urenco UK is one of Urenco's first enrichment facilities, along with our enrichment facility in the Netherlands, Urenco Nederland. Since 1973, we have used Centrifuge technology designed and deployed by Urenco to enrich uranium. In 1975, Urenco delivered on its first SWU contract from pilot plant production in Urenco UK and Urenco Nederland, and in 1977, our first commercial scale plant at Urenco UK was formally installed.
Urenco UK has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Urenco Limited since 1993, following a restructuring of the Urenco organisation.
Key facts
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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.
Capacity milestones
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History timeline
Sustainability
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Socio-economic impact analysis
A socio-economic impact assessment, produced by Oxford Economics, reported that:
Capenhurst supported a £547 million contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2023.
The site supported 4,575 jobs around the UK, including its 951 employees.
For every 10 people employed by Urenco, another 38 jobs were supported elsewhere.
It generated enough tax revenues (£130 million) to pay the equivalent annual wages of around 4,000 UK nurses.
Supporting our local communities
As a good coporate citizen, we communicate regularly and transparently with out community stakeholders.
We also support our local communities through both practical and financial initiatives. In 2017, our employees spent more than 350 hours volunteering in Cheshire and the surrounding areas.
Birchwood Park
At the centre of the North West sits Birchwood Park - the region's leading employment hub and collaborative base for the industry's major organisations.
Urenco UK is one of Urenco's first enrichment facilities, along with our enrichment facility in the Netherlands, Urenco Nederland. Since 1973, we have used Centrifuge technology designed and deployed by Urenco to enrich uranium. In 1975, Urenco delivered on its first SWU contract from pilot plant production in Urenco UK and Urenco Nederland, and in 1977, our first commercial scale plant at Urenco UK was formally installed.
Urenco UK has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Urenco Limited since 1993, following a restructuring of the Urenco organisation.
Head Office
Our head office can be found in Paddington, London.
Most of our global functions are located here, responsible for sales, supply and logistics along with other centralised business functions, such as HR, Communications, IT and Finance.
Is it here that we coordinate our services between our four enrichment sites in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.
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Find out about life at Urenco UK.
Visit us
Do you want to learn more about who we are and what we do at Urenco UK?
We are pleased to welcome visitor groups to our enrichment facilities in Capenhurst. Please fill out the visitor form and we will be happy to organise your visit.
If you aren't able to visit us in person you can learn about our enrichment facilities via our virtual tour.
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