Conversion: Port Hope

Port Hope Conversion Facility
  • Port Hope is the only uranium conversion facility in Canada.
  • Cameco operates the ISO 14001 certified facility which produces uranium hexafluoride and uranium dioxide, required in the production of fuel for light water and Candu-type, heavy water nuclear reactors.
  • Uranium-related products have been produced on the Ontario-based site since 1935.

Operation

(As of December 31, 2024)
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Production and Licensing

(As of December 31, 2024)
Port Hope annual production graphic - 13.3m kgU
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Environment & Safety

Worker safety, environmental monitoring and proper decommissioning after project completion are of the utmost importance to Cameco.

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Cameco uses both 10- and 14-tonne cylinders to ship UF6. The cylinders are transported by truck or ocean-going freighter to enrichment plants in the United States, Japan and Europe.

Port Hope headquarters

Cameco's fuel services division is headquartered in Port Hope, Ontario.

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Routine readings from air quality monitoring stations around each site help us protect the environment.

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The Port Hope conversion facility is one of three Western suppliers of UF6, a chemical form of uranium that is the feedstock for uranium enrichment plants that produce fuel for light water reactors.

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