specialist nuclear industry publication; first to report the cascade commissioning, with technical detail on separative work capacity and how the fifth cascade fits the overall plant expansion plan approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2024

Reports that the fifth cascade at the National Enrichment Facility in Eunice, New Mexico adds approximately 200,000 separative work units (SWU) per year to US domestic capacity, bringing the plant's total to around 1 million SWU annually. Urenco USA's parent supplies roughly 30% of US commercial nuclear fuel; the expansion directly responds to the Russian Uranium Import Prohibition Act and the post-Iran nuclear energy demand surge.

“The fifth cascade brings Urenco USA's New Mexico plant to approximately 1 million SWU annual capacity, a level not seen in the US since the USEC Paducah gaseous diffusion plant closed in 2013.”