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IPFM

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International Panel on Fissile Materials

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Joined January 2010
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Urenco USA continues to expand installed enrichment capacity fissilematerials.org/blog/20… Also on Substack: fissilematerials.substack.co…
Urenco USA continues to expand installed enrichment capacity

Urenco USA continues to expand installed enrichment capacity

On 8 October 2026, Urenco USA announced the completion of the sixth of eight centrifuge cascades that will be deployed as part of the plan to expand the capacity of the Eunice, NM plant, unveiled in...

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General Matter submitted its license application to @NRCgov for a mysterious #uranium enrichment plant in #Kentucky. In the publicly available environmental report, projected worker and public radiation doses are redacted as "trade secrets." Ridiculous. nrc.gov/docs/ML2627/ML26273A…
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U.S. officials have been quietly holding talks w/China about compliance w/the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, according to the @WSJ Trump & some Rs in Congress have threatened to test "on an equal basis," but two nuclear wrongs don't make a right. wsj.com/politics/national-se… via @WSJ
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"Rapid expansion of China's enrichment capacity at Emeishan" by Hui Zhang. Website: fissilematerials.org/blog/20… Substack: fissilematerials.substack.co…
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"China to operate two more large enrichment plants," by Zhang Hui. Web site: fissilematerials.org/blog/20… Substack: fissilematerials.substack.co…
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Germany wants independence from Russian nuclear fuel, using Rosatom as a bridge bellona.org/news/nuclear-iss…
Germany wants independence from Russian nuclear fuel, using Rosatom as a bridge - Bellona.org

Germany wants independence from Russian nuclear fuel, using Rosatom as a bridge - Bellona.org

Europe’s effort to break its dependence on Russian nuclear fuel has a paradox in Germany: making Russian-designed fuel without buying it from Russia may initially require working with Rosatom. That...

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International Panel on Fissile Materials is now on Substack: fissilematerials.substack.co…. Subscribe to receive new posts by email. It is free.
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The West is trying to address this issue by expanding its own enrichment capacity fissilematerials.org/blog/20…
Plans to expand the enrichment capacity

Plans to expand the enrichment capacity

The update of the installed enrichment capacity, published as part of the annual update of the data on the stocks of fissile materials, does not fully reflect the plans of various companies to expand...

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The uranium enrichment business is complicated. "Russia supplies approximately 44% of global enriched uranium and 20-30% of enriched uranium used in the U.S. and Europe." A good write-up: cbc.ca/news/canada/russian-e…
Russian enriched uranium shipped to Canadian-owned Westinghouse in U.S. | CBC News

Russian enriched uranium shipped to Canadian-owned Westinghouse in U.S. | CBC News

While the Russian military attacks Ukraine's power infrastructure, Europe and the U.S. still depend on Russian nuclear fuel to power their electricity grids. Canadian-owned Westinghouse Electric is...

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BWXT sees large U.S. uranium enrichment buildout for stockpile replenishment, with operational centrifuge due in 2026 and new plants under study defence-industry.eu/bwxt-see…
BWXT sees large U.S. uranium enrichment buildout for stockpile replenishment, with operational...

BWXT sees large U.S. uranium enrichment buildout for stockpile replenishment, with operational...

BWX Technologies sees a potentially large U.S. industrial opportunity in building domestic uranium enrichment capacity across multiple fuel grades, including infrastructure ultimately needed for...

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Bellona Nuclear Digest bellona.org/news/nuclear-iss…
Urenco expands, Europe moves unevenly away from Rosatom, and the future of Zaporizhzhia grows...

Urenco expands, Europe moves unevenly away from Rosatom, and the future of Zaporizhzhia grows...

Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to reshape the global nuclear industry in ways that extend beyond the battlefield. Western governments are investing in uranium enrichment capacity to reduce...

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Savannah River Site completes "downblending" of Swiss plutonium fissilematerials.org/blog/20…
Savannah River Site completes "downblending" of Swiss plutonium

Savannah River Site completes "downblending" of Swiss plutonium

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the management and operating contractor of the US DoE Savannah River Site (SRS), announced the completion of downblending of Swiss plutonium that was brought...

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United Kingdom asks Urenco to support its military enrichment program fissilematerials.org/blog/20…
United Kingdom asks Urenco to support its military enrichment program

United Kingdom asks Urenco to support its military enrichment program

On 29 June 2026, the Urenco Group issued a statement announcing that the UK Government formally requested the company to support its effort "to re-establish a nuclear fuel cycle for reactor fuel for...

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Centrus finalizes HALEU contract with the Department of Energy fissilematerials.org/blog/20… (1 July 2026 post)
Centrus finalizes HALEU contract with the Department of Energy

Centrus finalizes HALEU contract with the Department of Energy

Centrus Energy, a US company that operates the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, OH, signed a contract that finalized the terms of the $900 million order it received from the Department of Energy...

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US Department of Energy in negotiations with five companies over surplus plutonium fissilematerials.org/blog/20… (22 June 2026 post)
US Department of Energy in negotiations with five companies over surplus plutonium

US Department of Energy in negotiations with five companies over surplus plutonium

The US Department of Energy announced that it is conducting negotiations with five companies "to explore if nearly 20 metric tons of surplus plutonium materials could be transformed into advanced...

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Plans to expand the enrichment capacity fissilematerials.org/blog/20… (21 June 2026 post)
Plans to expand the enrichment capacity

Plans to expand the enrichment capacity

The update of the installed enrichment capacity, published as part of the annual update of the data on the stocks of fissile materials, does not fully reflect the plans of various companies to expand...

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The 2025 update on fissile material stocks fissilematerials.org/blog/20…
The 2025 update on fissile material stocks

The 2025 update on fissile material stocks

As of the beginning of 2025, the global stockpile of weapon-usable fissile materials--about 1,810 metric tons (MT)--included about 1,240 MT of unirradiated highly enriched uranium (HEU) and about 570...

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Korea, US continue security talks for 2nd day with uranium enrichment rights in focus koreatimes.co.kr/amp/foreign…
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China has started operation of its demonstration reprocessing plant fissilematerials.org/blog/20…
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13.5 kg of HEU, in spent fuel of RV-1 reactor, removed from Venezuela fissilematerials.org/blog/20…
HEU removed from Venezuela

HEU removed from Venezuela

On 8 May 2026, the US National Nuclear Security Administration announced that it removed all enriched uranium from Venezuela. According to the NNSA report, the removal of the material was first...

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BREAKING: @ENERGY launches a new program to turn the nation’s nuclear waste into valuable resources for domestic nuclear industry. America is finally getting back into the nuclear fuel recycling game! energy.gov/ne/articles/depar…
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