- Springfields is the world's newest UF6 plant (completed in 1993)
- Cameco does not own the Springfields plant, but controls its capacity through a toll-processing agreement
- 10-year agreement where Springfields annually converts for a fee, a base quantity of 5 million kgU as UO3 to UF6 for Cameco
- UO3 is shipped from Cameco's Blind River refinery located in Ontario to Springfields where it is converted to UF6
- shipments from Blind River began in mid 2006
For more information on the Springfields facility, please visit:
Cameco Signs Agreement Adding Uranium Conversion Capacity
Westinghouse Springfields Fuels Limited