Where is Urenco based?
Urenco Limited’s head office is located in Stoke Poges, UK. Urenco’s subsidiary, Urenco Enrichment Company, responsible for sales, supply and logistics, is primarily based here along with other business functions.
What does Urenco usa do?
Urenco Nuclear Stewardship Limited is responsible for the management of nuclear materials, decommissioning and recycling.
Who owns Urenco?
Urenco is owned in three equal parts by Ultra-Centrifuge Nederland NV (owned by the Government of the Netherlands), Uranit GmbH (owned equally by German energy companies E. ON and RWE) and Enrichment Holdings Ltd (owned by the Government of the United Kingdom and managed by the Shareholder Executive).
What happens at Capenhurst?
What happens on the Capenhurst site? Operation of centrifuge enrichment plants which process radioactive material as part of the nuclear fuel cycle. The chemical which is processed is called uranium hexafluoride (commonly known as hex). Decommissioning of redundant plant and the storage and management of uranium.
What is made at Capenhurst?
The depleted Uranium Hex at the Capenhurst plant was created as a part of the Uranium enrichment process, which is still being used to create more nukiller fuel rods. In turn these fuel rods becomes highly radioactive nukiller waste, which adds to the existing radioactive problems at both Sellafield and Drigg.
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What is the purpose of uranium enrichment?
The purpose of uranium enrichment is to increase the percentage of the uranium-235 isotope with respect to others, with a necessary percentage of around 4% for light water reactors.
How is uranium enriched?
Uranium can be enriched by separating isotopes of uranium with lasers. Molecules can be excited by laser light; this is called photoexcitation. Lasers can increase the energy in the electrons of a specific isotope, changing its properties and allowing it to be separated.
What is happening at the new Urenco tailings plant at Capenhurst?
Having spent almost One Billion pounds, and over four years late to complete, the new URENCO tailings plant at Capenhurst is opening this month. The plant will convert the highly dangerous Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride [ Hex ] stored at the plant in to Uranium Oxide.
What will be processed at the Capenhurst plant?
The Capenhurst plant will be processing Depleted Uranium Hex from the site, together with that from the URENCO plants in German and the Netherlands. Given that we don’t know how much depleted hex is stored at Capenhurst, never mind the two other plants, we have no idea just what quantity of Hex will be processed.
How long will the new Capenhurst Uranium Hex plant last?
It is estimated that the new plant will operate until 2052. The depleted Uranium Hex at the Capenhurst plant was created as a part of the Uranium enrichment process, which is still being used to create more nukiller fuel rods.
What is Capenhurst – the facts?
Capenhurst – the Facts is the first publication of its kind. The report includes a description of URENCO’s activities, transport of material, accidents that have occurred, the tailings plant that will store depleted uranium hexafluoride for years to come, and storage of submarine reactors.