Fueling the Future of Nuclear Power

The Loss of U.S. Nuclear Fuel Leadership Uranium Enrichment Capacity (Thousand SWU/year) 26,578 2015 14,400 7,000 5,760 4,700 100 Russia (Tenex) U.K., Netherlands, Germany (URENCO) France (Areva) China (CNNC) United States** (foreign-owned) Argentina, Brazil, India, Pakistan, North Korea, & Iran U.S. utility requirements 15 million SWU/yr 75 0 Japan (JNFL) United States (domestic) Centrus Separative Work Units (SWU) are used to measure the amount of work done to enrich uranium. Fueling the Future **The only remaining enrichment plant physically located in the U.S. is controlled by URENCO, a European state-owned corporation. of Nuclear Power Source: World Nuclear Association 2015 Congressional Budget Office, 1985

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