Energy security boost as Urenco breaks ground on site extension

Urenco has broken ground on a project which will help it deliver global energy security for years to come. 

The ceremony took place at Urenco’s Netherlands site in Almelo on Monday, March 25.

The extension project, which comes under our existing capacity programme, will see multiple new centrifuge cascades added to an existing plant, strengthening the nuclear fuel supply chain. The first cascades are due to come online in 2027. 

Ad Louter, Urenco Almelo Managing Director, said: “Urenco takes the needs of the market incredibly seriously. This project will help deliver 1.6 million SWU in total alongside other projects happening at our sites in Germany and the USA. 

“Energy security and decarbonisation have never been so important as they are today, and we are in a time of great change for nuclear without which it will be impossible to meet ambitious climate targets.” 

The capacity programme is a mid to long term plan to refurbish and extend Urenco’s enrichment capacity at all of its four sites. 

It comes as more countries and utility companies turn to nuclear for the first time, or seek to extend and/or diversify fuel supplies for existing nuclear operations.

New commitments from customers underpin this investment.

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