Blind River Refinery

Licensed Capacity: 24.0m kgU of UO3 Licensed Renewal: February 2022
North America map showing location of Blind River refinery

Blind River is the world’s largest commercial uranium refinery, refining uranium concentrates from mines around the world into UO3.

Location Ontario, Canada
Ownership 100%
End product UO3
ISO certification ISO 14001 certified
Licensed capacity 18.0 million kgU as UO3 per year, approved to 24.0 million subject to completion of certain equipment upgrades (advancement depends on market conditions)
Licence term Through February, 2022
Estimated decommissioning cost $39 million