URENCO enrichment capacity expansion plans

In its 2025 Annual Report URENCO outlined its plans to expand the enrichment capacity. The projected increase is 2500 tSWU/year across the plants in Almelo, Gronau, and Eunice.

The plant in Almelo, the Netherlands, is adding two new production lines, 750 tSWU/year each. The first stage of the expansion was approved in 2023, the second--in 2025. Once the second stage comes online in 2030, the total capacity of the Almelo plant will reach ~6600 tSWU/year, an increase from the 5100 tSWU/year capacity (reported in January 2025).

The plant in Eunice, the United States, is in the process of adding 700 tSWU/year capacity to its 4900 tSWU/year installed there as of 2023, when the expansion plan was unveiled. The installation of new cascades began in 2024. The first three cascades became operational in May, September, and December 2025. The planned expansion is expected to be complete in 2027.

The plant in Gronau, Germany, is undergoing expansion as well. The report notes that the installation of the first two cascades will be ready for installation in 2026. The scale of the expansion has not been announced. A 2023 industry report suggested that it will add a few hundred tSWU/year to the plant's current capacity of 3400 tSWU/year (3600 tSWU/year in January 2025). Taking into account the increases at Almelo and Eunice, to get to the 2500 tSWU/y total, the Gronau plan will probably install additional 300 tSWU/year capacity.

The facility in Capenhurst, the United Kingdom, plans to add a line that will produce HALEU. In 2024 this project was supported by the UK government. According to the annual report, the line is expected to produce up to 27 tonnes HALEU/year. It appears that no expansion of LEU production capacity is planned.