Uranium enrichment services provider Urenco has selected British construction engineering company Costain to deliver new and upgraded infrastructure at its site in Capenhurst, Cheshire, in northwest England.
Westinghouse and Urenco have signed a long-term fuel enrichment agreement under which Urenco will provide enrichment of high-assay low-enriched uranium to Westinghouse for five years of deployment for the company's eVinci microreactor.
Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil has signed a contract with Russia's Internexco for the temporary export for conversion and enrichment of 275,000 kilograms of uranium concentrate (U3O8) produced at the Uranium Concentration Unit in Caetité, Bahia.
The European Investment Bank and Orano have signed a loan agreement for EUR400 million (USD434 million) to partly fund the project to extend the Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant in Tricastin in southern France. The project will increase the plant's capacity by more than 30%.
France's Orano has signed an agreement to supply enrichment services for Ukraine's Energoatom through to 2040.
Dutch construction firm BAM Bouw en Techniek announced it has started construction of a new production hall at Urenco's uranium enrichment plant in Almelo in the Netherlands.
The US uranium enrichment company is uniquely positioned to deliver a "made-in-America solution" to fill an approaching "void" in nuclear fuel supplies as momentum builds in the nuclear industry, Centrus President and CEO Amir Vexler said in the company's 2024 results announcement.
The National Nuclear Energy Commission has given authorisation for Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil to seek an international buyer for 5.7 tonnes of U3O8 enriched to 3.2% uranium-235.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has signed a 10-year enriched uranium supply contract with US-based nuclear fuel supplier Centrus Energy Corporation. The contract follows the signing of a Letter of Intent a year ago.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Urenco USA's licence amendment request to increase uranium enrichment levels up to 10% at its facility in New Mexico.