Commercial fuel fabrication plants

1 January 2000


Commercial fuel fabrication plants
Country Place Operator Fuel-type Capacity (tHM/year) First operation

LWR          
Belgium Dessel FBFC LWR 500 1961
Brazil Resende INB LWR 100 1982
China Yibin CNNC LWR 100 1993
France Romans FBFC LWR 800 1979
Germany Lingen Advanced Nuclear Fuels LWR 650 1979
India Hyderabad DAE UO2 pellets 300 1998
  Hyderabad DAE BWR 25 1974
Japan Tokai-Mura MNF PWR 440 1972
  Kumatori-machi NFI PWR 284 1972
  Tokai-Mura NFI BWR 200 1980
  Kurihama JNF BWR 750 1970
Korea Yusung KNFC PWR 400 1989
Russian Federation Elektrostal Mashino Stroitelny UO2 pellets 800 1996
  Elektrostal Mashino Stroitelny LWR (VVER) 620  
  Novosibirsk TVEL LWR (VVER) 1000 1949
Spain Juzbado ENUSA LWR 300 1985
Sweden Västerås ABB LWR 600 1971
UK Springfields BNFL LWR 330 1996
USA Hematite ABB-CE LWR 450 1986
  Columbia Westinghouse PWR 1150 1986
  Lynchburg FC Fuels PWR 400 1982
  Richland Framatome ANP LWR 700 1970
  Wilmington GE Nuclear Energy BWR 1200 1982
PHWR          
Argentina Ezeiza CNEA PHWR 160 1982
Canada Toronto GE Canada Pellets 1300 1967
  Peterborough GE Canada PHWR 1200 1956
  Port Hope Zircatec Precision Industries PHWR 1500 1964
India Hyderabad DAE PHWR 300 1974
  Trombay DAE PHWR 135 1982
Korea Kaeri KAERI PHWR 400 1987
AGR          
UK Springfields BNFL Magnox (GCR) 1300 1960
  Springfields BNFL UO2 AGR 290 1996
FBR          
France Veurey-Voroise CISN FBR 150 1960
Russian Federation Elektrostal Mashino Stroitelny FBR 50  
MOX fuel          
Belgium Dessel Belgonucléaire LWR 40 1973
France Cadarache COGEMA LWR, FBR 40 1961
  Marcoule-Melox COGEMA LWR 100 1995
UK Sellafield SMP BNFL LWR 120 2002?
  Sellafield MDF BNFL LWR 8 1993
Japan Tokai-Mura JNC ATR 10 1972
  FBR 5 1988    
  Rokkasho JNFL LWR 130 ?
Russian Federation Chelyabinsk Minatom FBR 60  



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