Plantas de Conversión de Uranio Concentrado en Hexafloruro de Uranio Natural

World Nuclear Fuel Facilities

Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities

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Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location a)	Capacity b) [MTU/year]
Brazil	IPEN	São Paulo	90
Canada	Cameco	Port Hope, Ontario  [ISSUES] c)	10,500
China	CNNC	Lanzhou	3000
France	COMURHEX  (100% Areva NC )	Pierrelatte [ISSUES] e)	14,000
	Areva NC	Pierrelatte TU5 f) [ISSUES]	350
Iran	AEOI	Isfahan [ISSUES]	193
Russia	Rosatom	Ekaterinburg	4,000
		Angarsk	20,000
United Kingdom	British Nuclear Fuels, Ltd.	Springfields, Lancashire [ISSUES]	6,000
United States	Converdyn  (50% Honeywell International Inc., 50% General Atomics)	Metropolis, Illinois [ISSUES]	17,600
Total			75,733

^a) Conversion of U₃O₈ to uranium hexafluoride (UF₆) unless otherwise noted.
^b) Nominal capacity
^c) UO₃ to UF₆ . U₃O₈ is converted to UO₃ as an intermediate step at Blind River , Ontario [ISSUES].
^e) UF₄ to UF₆ . U₃O₈ is converted to UF₄ as an intermediate step at the Malvési plant [ISSUES].
^f) Conversion of reprocessed uranyl nitrate to UF₆.
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium.