Urenco Nederland is Urenco’s Dutch enrichment facility. By providing enrichment services for utility customers worldwide, we play an essential role in the global nuclear fuel cycle, which supports the production of clean and reliable energy. Find out more about the nuclear fuel cycle here.
Two enrichment plants, SP4 and SP5, are in operation. Our former plants, SP1, SP2 and SP3, have been fully decommissioned and brought back to green-field sites. SP5 began operations in 2000 and produces more than 80% of Urenco Nederland’s total production capacity.
History
Urenco Nederland is one of Urenco’s first enrichment facilities, along with our enrichment facility in the UK, Urenco UK. 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 Nederland and Urenco UK, and in 1977, our first commercial scale plant at Urenco Nederland was formally installed.
