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Nuclear reactors around the world use fuel that was converted at the Port Hope operation.
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  • the only uranium conversion facility in Canada and one of only four in the western world
  • 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
  • combined production of 12.5 million KgU in 2006
  • approximately 340 people are employed at the Port Hope conversion facility including the Cameco technology development group