PORT HOPE
- the only uranium conversion facility in Canada and one of only four in the western world
- 100% owned by Cameco
- facilities include uranium dioxide (UO2) and uranium hexafluoride (UF6) processing plants and technology development laboratories
- the only supplier of UO2 for Canadian-made Candu reactors
- licensed to produce 12,500 tonnes per year of UF6 and 2,800 tonnes per year of UO2
- the only uranium conversion facility that uses a wet process to make uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) from UO2 – thereby reducing hydrogen fluoride (HF) consumption
- certified to International Standards Organization (ISO) 14001
- more than 400 people are employed at the Port Hope conversion facility including the Cameco innovation and technology development - research centre
LOCATION
PORT HOPE CONVERSION FACILITY
Last Reviewed: October 23, 2009

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