{
 "dataset": "fuel_cycle_facilities",
 "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
 "generated_at": "2026-10-09T23:00:49Z",
 "description": "Nuclear fuel-cycle facilities worldwide (uranium mills, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, reprocessing, deconversion) with owner, status, capacity and technology, as read from WNA fuel-cycle pages and country profiles, WISE Uranium and operator pages on 2026-10-09. One record per physical plant. Unknown values are null with a note.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "key": "wna_conv",
   "name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_enr",
   "name": "WNA: Uranium Enrichment (page updated 29 September 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_fab",
   "name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_rep",
   "name": "WNA: Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel (page updated 23 August 2024; table 'World commercial reprocessing capacity')",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/fuel-recycling/processing-of-used-nuclear-fuel",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wise_efac",
   "name": "WISE Uranium Project: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities (list of conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication plants with nominal capacities)",
   "url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_kz",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Kazakhstan (page updated 6 October 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/kazakhstan",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_ca",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Canada (page updated 3 July 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/canada-uranium",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_au",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Australia's Uranium (page updated 4 February 2025)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/australia",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_na",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Namibia (page updated 6 October 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/namibia",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_ne",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Niger (page updated 24 August 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/niger",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_us",
   "name": "WNA country profile: US Uranium Mining and Exploration (page updated 10 April 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/us-uranium-mining",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_uz",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Uzbekistan (page updated 6 October 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/uzbekistan",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_ru",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_cn",
   "name": "WNA country profile: China's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 25 April 2024)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_ua",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in Ukraine (page updated 6 July 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/ukraine",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_in",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in India (page updated 15 July 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/india",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_za",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in South Africa (page updated 29 September 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/south-africa",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_br",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in Brazil (page updated 14 November 2025)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/brazil",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "wna_ar",
   "name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in Argentina (page updated 31 July 2026)",
   "url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/argentina",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  },
  {
   "key": "geonames",
   "name": "GeoNames search (Wikipedia layer and gazetteer), used to read coordinates of en.wikipedia articles / gazetteer features",
   "url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html",
   "accessed": "2026-10-09"
  }
 ],
 "fields": {
  "facility_id": "slug; unique; one record per physical plant",
  "name": "facility name",
  "type": "mill | conversion | enrichment | fabrication | reprocessing | deconversion | deconversion_and_storage",
  "country": "country name",
  "iso3": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3",
  "lat": "WGS84 latitude; null when not sourced",
  "lon": "WGS84 longitude",
  "coord_source_url": "where the coordinates were read (see mines)",
  "owner": "owners with stakes as published",
  "operator": "operating company",
  "owner_company_ids": "slugs of owning companies",
  "status": "operating | under_construction | planned | care_and_maintenance | closed | pilot",
  "capacity_value": "nameplate / licensed capacity as published",
  "capacity_unit": "tU/yr | tUF6/yr | SWU/yr | tHM/yr | tU3O8/yr | kgU/yr",
  "technology": "process / technology description",
  "haleu_capable": "true | false | null — licensed or demonstrated to handle >5 % U-235 (null = unknown / not applicable)",
  "source_url": "primary source url",
  "source_name": "primary source name with page date",
  "as_of_date": "date the source was read",
  "confidence": "high | medium | low",
  "notes": "free text"
 },
 "status_definitions": {
  "operating": "In commercial operation (possibly at reduced rate).",
  "under_construction": "Being built or in commissioning, not yet in commercial operation.",
  "planned": "Announced / licensed but not under construction.",
  "care_and_maintenance": "Built, idle, restart possible.",
  "closed": "Permanently shut, decommissioning.",
  "pilot": "Operating at pilot / demonstration scale."
 },
 "summary": {
  "record_count": 95,
  "by_type": {
   "fabrication": 28,
   "mill": 21,
   "enrichment": 20,
   "conversion": 11,
   "reprocessing": 9,
   "deconversion": 6
  },
  "by_status": {
   "operating": 78,
   "care_and_maintenance": 5,
   "closed": 4,
   "pilot": 3,
   "under_construction": 3,
   "planned": 2
  },
  "by_iso3": {
   "USA": 15,
   "RUS": 13,
   "CHN": 9,
   "IND": 8,
   "CAN": 7,
   "FRA": 7,
   "JPN": 6,
   "GBR": 4,
   "BRA": 3,
   "ARG": 3,
   "IRN": 3,
   "AUS": 2,
   "NAM": 2,
   "KAZ": 2,
   "DEU": 2,
   "NER": 1,
   "UZB": 1,
   "UKR": 1,
   "ZAF": 1,
   "NLD": 1,
   "SWE": 1,
   "ESP": 1,
   "ROU": 1,
   "KOR": 1
  },
  "by_confidence": {
   "medium": 46,
   "high": 35,
   "low": 14
  },
  "with_coordinates": 94
 },
 "known_gaps": [
  "1 facility record(s) without sourced coordinates: turamdih-mill"
 ],
 "records": [
  {
   "facility_id": "white-mesa-mill",
   "name": "White Mesa Mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 37.6233,
   "lon": -109.4789,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanding,_Utah",
   "owner": "Energy Fuels 100%",
   "operator": "Energy Fuels",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "energy-fuels"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 3000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "conventional acid-leach mill, 2,000 short tons ore/day licence; also rare-earth and vanadium circuits",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/us-uranium-mining",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: US Uranium Mining and Exploration (page updated 10 April 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Only operating conventional uranium mill in the USA. WNA: ~3,000 tU/yr licensed (company claims >4,400 tU/yr). 2025 output 1,015,000 lb U3O8 (~390 tU). Processes Pinyon Plain and La Sal ores plus alternate feeds. Coordinates: town centroid: Blanding UT (Wikipedia via GeoNames layer); the mill is south of Blanding on US-191."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "shootaring-canyon-mill",
   "name": "Shootaring Canyon Mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 37.6747,
   "lon": -110.6964,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=ticaboo+utah",
   "owner": "Anfield Energy 100%",
   "operator": "Anfield Energy",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "anfield-energy"
   ],
   "status": "care_and_maintenance",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "conventional mill, 750 short tons ore/day (planned 1,000)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/us-uranium-mining",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: US Uranium Mining and Exploration (page updated 10 April 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Built 1980, operated 1982 only; standby; reactivation licence application April 2024. Coordinates: town centroid: Ticaboo, Garfield County UT (GeoNames); mill north of the town."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "sweetwater-mill",
   "name": "Sweetwater Mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 42.0519,
   "lon": -107.9119,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=uranium+mine&country=US",
   "owner": "Uranium Energy Corp 100% (acquired from Rio Tinto Dec 2024, US$175M)",
   "operator": "Uranium Energy Corp",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "uranium-energy-corp"
   ],
   "status": "care_and_maintenance",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "conventional mill, 3,000 short tons ore/day; UEC plans ISR processing hub",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/us-uranium-mining",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: US Uranium Mining and Exploration (page updated 10 April 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Standby since 1983. Coordinates: GeoNames/GNIS feature 'Sweetwater Uranium Project Mine', Sweetwater County WY, 42°03′07″N 107°54′43″W."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "hobson-cpp",
   "name": "Hobson Central Processing Plant",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 28.957474,
   "lon": -97.9852818,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=hobson+texas",
   "owner": "Uranium Energy Corp 100%",
   "operator": "Uranium Energy Corp",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "uranium-energy-corp"
   ],
   "status": "care_and_maintenance",
   "capacity_value": 1539,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "ISR central processing plant (ion exchange resin elution, precipitation, drying) serving Palangana, Goliad, Burke Hollow",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/us-uranium-mining",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: US Uranium Mining and Exploration (page updated 10 April 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Licensed 1,539 tU/yr (4 Mlb U3O8/yr); standby pending Burke Hollow start-up. Coordinates: town centroid: Hobson, Karnes County TX (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "key-lake-mill",
   "name": "Key Lake Mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Canada",
   "iso3": "CAN",
   "lat": 57.2067,
   "lon": -105.6592,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Lake_mine",
   "owner": "Cameco 83.3%, Orano Canada 16.7%",
   "operator": "Cameco",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cameco",
    "orano"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 11350,
   "capacity_unit": "tU3O8/yr",
   "technology": "conventional mill (acid leach, solvent extraction) processing McArthur River ore trucked 80 km",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/canada-uranium",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Canada (page updated 3 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Licensed 11,350 t U3O8/yr (CNSC 2015); no local mine production since 2002; 2024 output 7,808 tU from McArthur River ore. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=cigar+lake+mine)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "mcclean-lake-mill",
   "name": "McClean Lake Mill (JEB)",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Canada",
   "iso3": "CAN",
   "lat": 58.2611,
   "lon": -103.8025,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClean_Lake_mine",
   "owner": "Orano Canada 77.5%, Denison Mines 22.5%",
   "operator": "Orano Canada",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "orano",
    "denison-mines"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 10900,
   "capacity_unit": "tU3O8/yr",
   "technology": "conventional mill; toll-mills Cigar Lake ore slurry; licence to 2027",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/canada-uranium",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Canada (page updated 3 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Licensed 10,900 t U3O8/yr (9,240 tU) since May 2016; 2024 output 6,501 tU (Cigar Lake ore). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "rabbit-lake-mill",
   "name": "Rabbit Lake Mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Canada",
   "iso3": "CAN",
   "lat": 58.1978,
   "lon": -103.7136,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_Lake_mine",
   "owner": "Cameco 100%",
   "operator": "Cameco",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cameco"
   ],
   "status": "care_and_maintenance",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "conventional mill (1975), idle since 2016 suspension",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/canada-uranium",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Canada (page updated 3 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Mill capacity not stated on WNA page; care and maintenance with Eagle Point mine. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "olympic-dam-plant",
   "name": "Olympic Dam metallurgical plant (uranium circuit)",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Australia",
   "iso3": "AUS",
   "lat": -30.4444,
   "lon": 136.8667,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Dam_mine",
   "owner": "BHP 100%",
   "operator": "BHP",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "bhp"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 4600,
   "capacity_unit": "tU3O8/yr",
   "technology": "acid leach of copper flotation tailings, solvent extraction; uranium by-product of copper smelter/refinery complex",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/australia",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Australia's Uranium (page updated 4 February 2025)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Uranium capacity expanded 1,800 to 4,600 t U3O8/yr; 2024 output 2,693 tU. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=olympic+dam+mine+uranium)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "ranger-mill",
   "name": "Ranger Mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Australia",
   "iso3": "AUS",
   "lat": -12.68222,
   "lon": 132.91667,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=uranium+mine+australia",
   "owner": "Energy Resources of Australia (Rio Tinto 86.3%)",
   "operator": "Energy Resources of Australia",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "energy-resources-of-australia"
   ],
   "status": "closed",
   "capacity_value": 5500,
   "capacity_unit": "tU3O8/yr",
   "technology": "conventional acid-leach mill",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/australia",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Australia's Uranium (page updated 4 February 2025)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Processing ended Jan 2021; site in rehabilitation. Coordinates: GeoNames gazetteer record 'Ranger Uranium Mine' 12°40′56″S 132°55′0″E."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "rossing-mill",
   "name": "Rössing processing plant",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Namibia",
   "iso3": "NAM",
   "lat": -22.4842,
   "lon": 15.0489,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6ssing_uranium_mine",
   "owner": "Rössing Uranium Ltd (CNNC ~68.6%)",
   "operator": "Rössing Uranium Ltd",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 4000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "conventional acid-leach mill, ion exchange / solvent extraction",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/namibia",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Namibia (page updated 6 October 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Nominal 4,000 tU/yr; 2024 output 2,205 tU. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "husab-plant",
   "name": "Husab processing plant",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Namibia",
   "iso3": "NAM",
   "lat": -22.6167,
   "lon": 14.8833,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husab_Mine",
   "owner": "Swakop Uranium (CGN-URC/CADF 90%, Epangelo 10%)",
   "operator": "Swakop Uranium",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cgn"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 6000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "conventional acid-leach mill (15 Mt ore/yr); heap-leach pilot from 2024",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/namibia",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Namibia (page updated 6 October 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Design 6,000 tU/yr (FS 5,770); 2024 output 4,437 tU. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "somair-arlit-mill",
   "name": "SOMAIR Arlit mill and heap leach",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Niger",
   "iso3": "NER",
   "lat": 18.7515,
   "lon": 7.3128,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlit_mine",
   "owner": "SOMAIR (nationalised June 2025; formerly Orano 63.4% / Sopamin 36.6%)",
   "operator": "Niger state",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "orano"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 4000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "acid-leach mill 3,000 tU/yr (2012) plus heap leach 1,000 tU/yr (2010)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/niger",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Niger (page updated 24 August 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Operating at reduced rate under state control; exports blocked since July 2023 border closure. Coordinates: Wikipedia article 'Arlit mine' coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "stepnogorsk-mill",
   "name": "Stepnogorsk hydrometallurgical plant",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Kazakhstan",
   "iso3": "KAZ",
   "lat": 52.3506,
   "lon": 71.8814,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=stepnogorsk",
   "owner": "Stepnogorsk Mining and Chemical Combine (Kazatomprom-related; historic KazSabton)",
   "operator": "SGChK",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "kazatomprom"
   ],
   "status": "closed",
   "capacity_value": 300,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "conventional mill (Soviet-era) processing ore and ISR concentrates",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/kazakhstan",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Kazakhstan (page updated 6 October 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "WNA: mill reported shut 2015; SGChK remains a Kazatomprom partner (Budenovskoye LLP 49%). Coordinates: town centroid: Stepnogorsk, Akmola region (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "navoi-hmp1",
   "name": "Navoi Hydrometallurgical Plant No. 1 (HMP-1)",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Uzbekistan",
   "iso3": "UZB",
   "lat": 40.0844,
   "lon": 65.3792,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=navoiy&country=UZ",
   "owner": "Navoiyuran (state-owned)",
   "operator": "Navoiyuran",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "navoiyuran"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "central uranium processing plant receiving ISL solutions/resin railed from the mining directorates",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/uzbekistan",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Uzbekistan (page updated 6 October 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Capacity not given on WNA page; country output 2024 ~4,000-5,200 tU all processed here. Coordinates: city centroid: Navoiy (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "priargunsky-hmp",
   "name": "Priargunsky hydrometallurgical plant (Krasnokamensk)",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 50.1722,
   "lon": 118.0123,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priargunsky_mine",
   "owner": "Rosatom (ARMZ) 100%",
   "operator": "PIMCU",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 3000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "conventional mill (acid leach) plus heap leach",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Capacity formerly ~3,000 tU/yr (WNA); 2024 throughput 1,047 tU. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "zhovti-vody-hmp",
   "name": "Zhovti Vody hydrometallurgical plant",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Ukraine",
   "iso3": "UKR",
   "lat": 48.345,
   "lon": 33.4972,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=zhovti+vody",
   "owner": "VostGOK / SkhidGZK (state)",
   "operator": "VostGOK",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "vostgok"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "acid leach in autoclaves; processes Ingulska (and formerly Smolinska) ore",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/ukraine",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in Ukraine (page updated 6 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Capacity not given on WNA page (historically ~1,000 tU/yr). Country output 2024: 288 tU est. Coordinates: town centroid: Zhovti Vody (GeoNames populated place)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "jaduguda-mill",
   "name": "Jaduguda mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "lat": 22.65,
   "lon": 86.3609,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaduguda_uranium_mine",
   "owner": "UCIL",
   "operator": "UCIL",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "ucil"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 200,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "acid-leach mill, 2,500 t ore/day",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/india",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in India (page updated 15 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "~200 tU/yr; processes Jaduguda, Bhatin and Narwapahar ore. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=jaduguda)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "turamdih-mill",
   "name": "Turamdih mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "lat": null,
   "lon": null,
   "coord_source_url": null,
   "owner": "UCIL",
   "operator": "UCIL",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "ucil"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 190,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "acid-leach mill, 3,000 → 4,500 t ore/day",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/india",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in India (page updated 15 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "~190 tU/yr; processes Turamdih, Banduhurang, Bagjata and Mohuldih ore. Coordinates: coordinates not yet sourced."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "tummalapalle-mill",
   "name": "Tummalapalle mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "lat": 14.3267,
   "lon": 78.2547,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=tummalapalle+kadapa",
   "owner": "UCIL",
   "operator": "UCIL",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "ucil"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 330,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "alkaline pressure leach, 3,000 → 4,500 t ore/day",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/india",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in India (page updated 15 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Commercial since June 2012; ~220 → 330 tU/yr. Coordinates: village centroid: Tummalapalle, Vemula mandal, Kadapa district (GeoNames) — mill adjacent to the mine."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "caetite-mill",
   "name": "INB Caetité (Lagoa Real) mill",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "Brazil",
   "iso3": "BRA",
   "lat": -14.0694,
   "lon": -42.475,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=caetit%C3%A9",
   "owner": "INB (state)",
   "operator": "INB",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "inb"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 340,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "acid heap leach / agitated leach producing ammonium diuranate",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/brazil",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in Brazil (page updated 14 November 2025)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Capacity 340 tU/yr; recent output small (15 tU 2020). Coordinates: town centroid: Caetité, Bahia (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "nufcor-westonaria",
   "name": "Nufcor calcining plant",
   "type": "mill",
   "country": "South Africa",
   "iso3": "ZAF",
   "lat": -26.3189,
   "lon": 27.6486,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=westonaria",
   "owner": "Harmony Gold (Nuclear Fuels Corporation of South Africa)",
   "operator": "Nufcor",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "harmony-gold"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "calcines ammonium diuranate from Vaal River to U3O8",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/south-africa",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in South Africa (page updated 29 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "Capacity not stated by WNA; ~200 tU/yr throughput. Coordinates: town centroid: Westonaria, Gauteng (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "port-hope-conversion",
   "name": "Cameco Port Hope conversion facility",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "Canada",
   "iso3": "CAN",
   "lat": 43.95,
   "lon": -78.3,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hope,_Ontario",
   "owner": "Cameco 100%",
   "operator": "Cameco",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cameco"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 12500,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "wet process: UO3 to UF6 (12,500 tU/yr) and to UO2 for CANDU fuel",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "WNA 2022 production 10,600 tU as UF6; licensed 12,500 tU/yr UF6 (WISE lists 9,200 tU/yr). UO3 feed from Blind River. Coordinates: town centroid: Port Hope ON (Wikipedia via GeoNames layer); the plant is on the harbour front."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "blind-river-refinery",
   "name": "Cameco Blind River refinery",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "Canada",
   "iso3": "CAN",
   "lat": 46.1834,
   "lon": -82.9582,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_River,_Ontario",
   "owner": "Cameco 100%",
   "operator": "Cameco",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cameco"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "refines U3O8 concentrates to UO3 (first conversion step) for Port Hope",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/canada-uranium",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Uranium in Canada (page updated 3 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Licensed capacity (24,000 tU/yr UO3 per CNSC licence) not in the saved WNA extract — left null pending verification. Coordinates: town centroid: Blind River ON (Wikipedia via GeoNames layer); refinery east of the town."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "metropolis-works",
   "name": "Honeywell Metropolis Works (ConverDyn)",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 37.1718,
   "lon": -88.757,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_Uranium_Hexafluoride_Processing_Facility",
   "owner": "Honeywell (plant); marketed by ConverDyn (Honeywell 50% / General Atomics 50%)",
   "operator": "Honeywell",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "converdyn",
    "general-atomics"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 7000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "dry fluoride volatility process with two-stage distillation; only US UF6 converter",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Idle 2018-2023 (0 tU in 2022 per WNA table), restarted 2023. WNA licensed capacity 7,000 tU/yr; WISE lists 15,000 (historic nominal). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=honeywell+uranium+hexafluoride+metropolis)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "malvesi",
   "name": "Orano Malvési",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "France",
   "iso3": "FRA",
   "lat": 43.2136,
   "lon": 2.98,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvesi",
   "owner": "Orano 100%",
   "operator": "Orano Chimie-Enrichissement",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "orano"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 15000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "wet process: U3O8 to UF4 (first stage of Orano's two-site conversion; UF4 to UF6 at Tricastin)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "WNA gives Orano's combined Malvési + Tricastin (Philippe Coste) capacity as 15,000 tU/yr with 8,900 tU produced in 2022; the same figure is carried on both site records (do not sum). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=malv%C3%A9si+uranium+narbonne)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "tricastin-philippe-coste",
   "name": "Orano Tricastin — Philippe Coste conversion plant",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "France",
   "iso3": "FRA",
   "lat": 44.3297,
   "lon": 4.7206,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodif",
   "owner": "Orano 100%",
   "operator": "Orano Chimie-Enrichissement",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "orano"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 15000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "UF4 to UF6 fluorination (Philippe Coste plant, commissioned 2018, replacing Comurhex I)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Combined Orano capacity 15,000 tU/yr (see malvesi). WISE: Pierrelatte 15,000 MTU/yr; also TU5 plant converting reprocessed uranyl nitrate to U3O8 (350 tU/yr). Coordinates: Wikipedia article 'Eurodif' (Tricastin site) coordinates via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=uranium+enrichment+plant+centrifuge); site-level."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "seversk-conversion",
   "name": "Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) Seversk — conversion",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 56.6183,
   "lon": 84.8807,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Chemical_Combine",
   "owner": "Rosatom (TVEL) 100%",
   "operator": "JSC Siberian Chemical Combine",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 12500,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "wet process; Russia's consolidated conversion plant (new fluorine equipment Jan 2026)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "WNA estimate 12,500 tU/yr licensed, 12,000 tU produced 2022; WISE lists 10,000 MTU/yr. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=seversk+siberian+chemical+combine)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "angarsk-conversion",
   "name": "Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Combine — conversion",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 52.5594,
   "lon": 103.9139,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=angarsk&country=RU",
   "owner": "Rosatom (TVEL) 100%",
   "operator": "JSC AECC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "closed",
   "capacity_value": 20000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "UF6 conversion line shut April 2014 (consolidation at Seversk)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Capacity figure from WISE (20,000 MTU/yr nominal, closed). Enrichment at the same site continues (facility angarsk-enrichment). Coordinates: city centroid: Angarsk (GeoNames) 52°33′34″N 103°54′50″E."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "lanzhou-conversion",
   "name": "CNNC Lanzhou (404) conversion plant",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "China",
   "iso3": "CHN",
   "lat": 36.0569,
   "lon": 103.8397,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=lanzhou&country=CN",
   "owner": "CNNC 100%",
   "operator": "CNNC Lanzhou Uranium Enrichment Co.",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 5000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "wet process UF6 conversion; 9,000 t/yr expansion reported under construction 2017-18",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: China's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 25 April 2024)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "WNA (2024): 5,000 t/yr plant at ~80%; older 1,000 t/yr plant (1980) may be closed. WNA conversion page: Lanzhou + Hengyang 15,000 tU/yr estimated, 10,500 tU produced 2022. Coordinates: city centroid: Lanzhou (GeoNames); the 504 plant lies in the city's outskirts, not separately located."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "hengyang-conversion",
   "name": "CNNC Hengyang (272) conversion plant",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "China",
   "iso3": "CHN",
   "lat": 26.8894,
   "lon": 112.6189,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=hengyang&country=CN",
   "owner": "CNNC 100%",
   "operator": "CNNC 272 Uranium Industry Co.",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 3000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "UF6 conversion (construction permit Oct 2014)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: China's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 25 April 2024)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "3,000 tU/yr per UxC as cited by WNA. Coordinates: city centroid: Hengyang (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "dioxitek-cordoba",
   "name": "Dioxitek Córdoba UO2 plant",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "Argentina",
   "iso3": "ARG",
   "lat": -31.4064,
   "lon": -64.1883,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=cordoba&country=AR",
   "owner": "Dioxitek SA (CNEA 99%)",
   "operator": "Dioxitek",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnea"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 150,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "U3O8 to UO2 powder for PHWR fuel",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/argentina",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in Argentina (page updated 31 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Replacement plant at Formosa under construction (NANO Nuclear JV proposal Apr 2026). Coordinates: city centroid: Córdoba (GeoNames); plant in the Alta Córdoba district."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "isfahan-ucf",
   "name": "Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility",
   "type": "conversion",
   "country": "Iran",
   "iso3": "IRN",
   "lat": 32.6522,
   "lon": 51.6744,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=isfahan&country=IR",
   "owner": "Atomic Energy Organization of Iran",
   "operator": "AEOI",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "aeoi"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 193,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "UF6 conversion (context record; not part of the commercial market)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html",
   "source_name": "WISE Uranium Project: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities (list of conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication plants with nominal capacities)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "WISE nominal capacity 193 MTU/yr; status after the June 2025 strikes not verified. Coordinates: city centroid: Isfahan (GeoNames); the nuclear technology centre is south-east of the city."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "urenco-almelo",
   "name": "Urenco Nederland — Almelo",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Netherlands",
   "iso3": "NLD",
   "lat": 52.3667,
   "lon": 6.6667,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almelo",
   "owner": "Urenco Ltd (UK government 1/3, Dutch state 1/3, RWE/E.ON 1/3)",
   "operator": "Urenco Nederland BV",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "urenco"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 5000000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html",
   "source_name": "WISE Uranium Project: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities (list of conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication plants with nominal capacities)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "WISE nominal 5,000 kSWU/yr. WNA: +750k SWU/yr expansion approved Dec 2023, second stage Oct 2025 (~+1.5 M SWU/yr by 2030). Urenco group 17.3 M SWU/yr (2025). Coordinates: town centroid (Almelo) via GeoNames Wikipedia layer; plant is on the north-eastern edge of the town."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "urenco-gronau",
   "name": "Urenco Deutschland — Gronau",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Germany",
   "iso3": "DEU",
   "lat": 52.2108,
   "lon": 7.0222,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=gronau&country=DE",
   "owner": "Urenco Ltd",
   "operator": "Urenco Deutschland GmbH",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "urenco"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 3500000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html",
   "source_name": "WISE Uranium Project: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities (list of conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication plants with nominal capacities)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "WISE nominal 3,500 kSWU/yr (licensed 4,500). No plant-specific figure on the WNA enrichment page. Coordinates: town centroid: Gronau (Westf.) (GeoNames) 52°12′39″N 7°01′20″E; plant on the town's edge."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "urenco-capenhurst",
   "name": "Urenco UK — Capenhurst",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "United Kingdom",
   "iso3": "GBR",
   "lat": 53.2572,
   "lon": -2.9511,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=capenhurst",
   "owner": "Urenco Ltd",
   "operator": "Urenco UK Ltd",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "urenco"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 4500000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge; LEU+ (up to 7%) trial May 2026; UK-government-backed HALEU plant planned on site",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html",
   "source_name": "WISE Uranium Project: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities (list of conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication plants with nominal capacities)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "WISE nominal 4,500 kSWU/yr. WNA: LEU+ 7% trial May 2026. Tails Management Facility recorded separately (capenhurst-tmf). Coordinates: village centroid: Capenhurst, Cheshire (GeoNames) 53°15′26″N 2°57′04″W; plant adjacent."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "urenco-usa-eunice",
   "name": "Urenco USA (UUSA) — Eunice, New Mexico",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 32.4356,
   "lon": -103.0796,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Enrichment_Facility",
   "owner": "Urenco Ltd",
   "operator": "Louisiana Energy Services / Urenco USA",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "urenco"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 4300000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge; NRC licence for LEU+ (<10%) Sept 2025",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment",
   "source_name": "WNA: Uranium Enrichment (page updated 29 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "4.3 M SWU/yr existing; +700k SWU/yr expansion (first cascade May 2025, completion 2027); further +2.1 M SWU/yr announced June 2026 (first production 2032). 8.5% material produced Dec 2025. Coordinates: Wikipedia article 'National Enrichment Facility' coordinates via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "georges-besse-ii",
   "name": "Orano Georges Besse II (Tricastin)",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "France",
   "iso3": "FRA",
   "lat": 44.3297,
   "lon": 4.7206,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodif",
   "owner": "Orano 100% (SET — Société d'Enrichissement du Tricastin)",
   "operator": "Orano Chimie-Enrichissement",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "orano"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 7500000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge (Urenco ETC centrifuges), north and south units",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment",
   "source_name": "WNA: Uranium Enrichment (page updated 29 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "7.5 M SWU/yr since end-2016; Oct 2023 decision to add 2.5 M SWU/yr (first modules 2028, full 2030). Coordinates: Wikipedia article 'Eurodif' (Tricastin site) coordinates via GeoNames Wikipedia layer; site-level."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "orano-project-ike-oak-ridge",
   "name": "Orano Project Ike (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 36.0103,
   "lon": -84.2694,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=oak+ridge+tennessee",
   "owner": "Orano USA",
   "operator": "Orano USA",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "orano"
   ],
   "status": "planned",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "gas centrifuge",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment",
   "source_name": "WNA: Uranium Enrichment (page updated 29 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Preferred site Sept 2024; NRC application early 2026; DOE US$900M award Jan 2026. Capacity not stated on WNA page (Orano total 2030 projection 10 M SWU/yr includes it). Coordinates: city centroid: Oak Ridge TN (GeoNames); Horizon Center site not separately located."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "novouralsk-uecc",
   "name": "Ural Electrochemical Combine (UECC) — Novouralsk",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 57.25,
   "lon": 60.0833,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novouralsk",
   "owner": "Rosatom (TVEL) 100%",
   "operator": "JSC UECC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 10000000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge (Gen-9 since 2013); licensed to enrich to 30%",
   "haleu_capable": true,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "World's largest enrichment plant; 10 M SWU/yr (WNA Russia profile). Rosatom total 29.1 M SWU/yr (2025). Coordinates: town centroid (Novouralsk) via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "zelenogorsk-ecp",
   "name": "Electrochemical Plant (ECP) — Zelenogorsk",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 56.1117,
   "lon": 94.4961,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelenogorsk_Electrochemical_Plant",
   "owner": "Rosatom (TVEL) 100%",
   "operator": "JSC PA ECP",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 8700000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge; Gen 9+ re-equipping completed July 2025 (capacity to rise toward 12 M SWU/yr)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "8.7 M SWU/yr (WNA) rising to 12 M. Also hosts W-ECP deconversion (zelenogorsk-w-ecp). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=zelenogorsk+krasnoyarsk+electrochemical+plant+uranium)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "seversk-enrichment",
   "name": "Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) Seversk — enrichment",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 56.6183,
   "lon": 84.8807,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Chemical_Combine",
   "owner": "Rosatom (TVEL) 100%",
   "operator": "JSC Siberian Chemical Combine",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 3000000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge; handles reprocessed uranium; Gen 9+ re-equipping 2025-27",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "3.0 M SWU/yr (WNA). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=seversk+siberian+chemical+combine)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "angarsk-enrichment",
   "name": "Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Combine (AECC) — enrichment",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 52.5594,
   "lon": 103.9139,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=angarsk&country=RU",
   "owner": "Rosatom (TVEL) 100%",
   "operator": "JSC AECC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 2600000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge; tails re-enrichment; hosts IAEA-guaranteed LEU reserve (120 tU)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "2.6 M SWU/yr (WNA). Coordinates: city centroid: Angarsk (GeoNames) 52°33′34″N 103°54′50″E."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "lanzhou-enrichment",
   "name": "CNNC Lanzhou (504) enrichment plant",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "China",
   "iso3": "CHN",
   "lat": 36.0569,
   "lon": 103.8397,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=lanzhou&country=CN",
   "owner": "CNNC 100%",
   "operator": "CNNC Lanzhou Uranium Enrichment Co.",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 6520000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge (Russian-supplied 0.5 M SWU 2001 plus indigenous ~2.5 M SWU 2015; diffusion plant closed)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: China's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 25 April 2024)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "WNA 2024: 3.56 M SWU/yr (2015) → 6.52 M (2020 projection; used here). CNNC total 13.8 M SWU/yr 2025 est. (WNA enrichment page). Coordinates: city centroid: Lanzhou (GeoNames); the 504 plant lies in the city's outskirts, not separately located."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "hanzhong-enrichment",
   "name": "CNNC Hanzhong (405) enrichment plant",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "China",
   "iso3": "CHN",
   "lat": 33.075,
   "lon": 107.0219,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=hanzhong&country=CN",
   "owner": "CNNC 100%",
   "operator": "CNNC Shaanxi Uranium Enrichment Co.",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 2200000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge (Russian-built lines plus indigenous north expansion 2012-14; indigenous production line March 2018)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: China's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 25 April 2024)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "2.2 M SWU/yr (WNA). Coordinates: city centroid: Hanzhong (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "emeishan-enrichment",
   "name": "CNNC Emeishan enrichment plant",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "China",
   "iso3": "CHN",
   "lat": 29.5325,
   "lon": 103.3875,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=emeishan&country=CN",
   "owner": "CNNC 100%",
   "operator": "CNNC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 800000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "indigenous gas centrifuge (0.8 M SWU since ~2013; second unit under construction)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: China's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 25 April 2024)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "0.8 M → 1.6-2.4 M SWU/yr projected (WNA 2024). Coordinates: city centroid: Emeishan, Sichuan (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "centrus-piketon",
   "name": "Centrus American Centrifuge Plant (Piketon) — HALEU demonstration",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 39.0083,
   "lon": -83.0,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Gaseous_Diffusion_Plant",
   "owner": "Centrus Energy (American Centrifuge Operating LLC); DOE-owned site",
   "operator": "Centrus Energy",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "centrus-energy"
   ],
   "status": "pilot",
   "capacity_value": 900,
   "capacity_unit": "kgU/yr",
   "technology": "AC100M gas centrifuges (16-machine cascade) producing HALEU to 19.75% U-235",
   "haleu_capable": true,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment",
   "source_name": "WNA: Uranium Enrichment (page updated 29 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "HALEU licence to 20% mid-2021; first 20 kg Nov 2023; ~900 kgU/yr; >1,900 kg delivered by June 2026. DOE US$900M (Jan 2026) toward 12 tU/yr HALEU capacity, first new capacity 2029. capacity_unit kgU/yr is product mass, not SWU. Coordinates: Wikipedia article 'Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant' (DOE Piketon reservation) coordinates via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "rokkasho-enrichment",
   "name": "JNFL Rokkasho Uranium Enrichment Plant",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Japan",
   "iso3": "JPN",
   "lat": 40.9564,
   "lon": 141.3245,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant",
   "owner": "Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (utilities)",
   "operator": "JNFL",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "jnfl"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 150000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge (new-generation cascades); licensed 450k SWU/yr",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment",
   "source_name": "WNA: Uranium Enrichment (page updated 29 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "~150k SWU/yr operating; remaining 300k SWU/yr due FY2028; long-term goal 1.5 M SWU/yr. Coordinates: JNFL Rokkasho site: coordinates of the Wikipedia article 'Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant' (via GeoNames layer); enrichment plant on the same site."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "resende-enrichment",
   "name": "INB Resende enrichment plant (FCN)",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Brazil",
   "iso3": "BRA",
   "lat": -22.4689,
   "lon": -44.4467,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=resende&country=BR",
   "owner": "INB (state)",
   "operator": "INB",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "inb"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 115000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "Brazilian Navy-designed gas centrifuges; stage 1 = 10 cascades (4 modules design 115,000 SWU/yr); stage 2 +30 cascades planned",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/brazil",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in Brazil (page updated 14 November 2025)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Production since 2009; phase 2 (2023-2037) to cover 100% of Angra 1-3 needs. Coordinates: city centroid: Resende RJ (GeoNames); FCN site in the Engenheiro Passos district, not separately located."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "pilcaniyeu",
   "name": "CNEA Pilcaniyeu enrichment complex",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Argentina",
   "iso3": "ARG",
   "lat": -41.1228,
   "lon": -70.7214,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=pilcaniyeu",
   "owner": "CNEA",
   "operator": "CNEA",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnea"
   ],
   "status": "care_and_maintenance",
   "capacity_value": 20000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gaseous diffusion (reactivated 2010, halted 2018); centrifuge/laser R&D",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/argentina",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in Argentina (page updated 31 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Not used commercially since 2018. Small conversion line 60 t/yr. Coordinates: town centroid: Pilcaniyeu, Río Negro (GeoNames); the complex lies outside the village."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "ratnahalli-rmp",
   "name": "Rare Materials Plant, Ratnahalli (Mysuru)",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "lat": 12.2978,
   "lon": 76.6392,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=mysuru",
   "owner": "Department of Atomic Energy (BARC)",
   "operator": "DAE",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "dae-india"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 25000,
   "capacity_unit": "SWU/yr",
   "technology": "gas centrifuge (military/naval and research fuel; not commercial)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/india",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in India (page updated 15 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "WNA: small plant since ~1992, expanding to ~25,000 SWU/yr (figure used); WISE lists 4.5k SWU/yr. Context record. Coordinates: city centroid: Mysuru (GeoNames); plant at Ratnahalli outside the city — low precision."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "natanz",
   "name": "Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP/PFEP)",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Iran",
   "iso3": "IRN",
   "lat": 33.5133,
   "lon": 51.9164,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natanz",
   "owner": "Atomic Energy Organization of Iran",
   "operator": "AEOI",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "aeoi"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "gas centrifuge (IR-1 to IR-6); context record, not part of the commercial market",
   "haleu_capable": true,
   "source_url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html",
   "source_name": "WISE Uranium Project: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities (list of conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication plants with nominal capacities)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "WISE nominal 11.5k SWU/yr (dated). Status after June 2025 strikes unverified; recorded for context only. Coordinates: town centroid: Natanz (Wikipedia article via GeoNames layer); the enrichment site is outside the town."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "fordow",
   "name": "Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant",
   "type": "enrichment",
   "country": "Iran",
   "iso3": "IRN",
   "lat": 34.8845,
   "lon": 50.9981,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordow_Fuel_Enrichment_Plant",
   "owner": "Atomic Energy Organization of Iran",
   "operator": "AEOI",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "aeoi"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "gas centrifuge, underground; context record",
   "haleu_capable": true,
   "source_url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html",
   "source_name": "WISE Uranium Project: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities (list of conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication plants with nominal capacities)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "WISE nominal 0.9k SWU/yr (dated). Status after June 2025 strikes unverified; context only. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=fordow+fuel+enrichment+plant+natanz)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "westinghouse-columbia",
   "name": "Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 33.9042,
   "lon": -80.8769,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=hopkins+south+carolina",
   "owner": "Westinghouse Electric Company (Brookfield/Cameco)",
   "operator": "Westinghouse",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "westinghouse",
    "cameco"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1600,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "LWR (PWR) fuel: UF6-to-UO2 conversion 1,600, pelletising 1,600, rod/assembly 1,600 tHM/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "WISE lists 1,150 MTU/yr (older). Coordinates: town centroid: Hopkins, Richland County SC (GeoNames); plant on Bluff Road nearby."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "gnf-wilmington",
   "name": "Global Nuclear Fuel — Americas, Wilmington",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 34.3556,
   "lon": -77.8997,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=wilmington+north+carolina",
   "owner": "Global Nuclear Fuel (GE Vernova / Hitachi JV)",
   "operator": "GNF-A",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "global-nuclear-fuel"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1000,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "BWR fuel: conversion 1,200, pelletising 1,000, rod/assembly 1,000 tHM/yr; TRISO/Natrium fuel line planned",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Coordinates: town centroid: Castle Hayne, New Hanover County NC (GeoNames populated place 34°21′20″N 77°53′59″W); plant on Castle Hayne Road."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "framatome-richland",
   "name": "Framatome Inc. Richland",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 46.2856,
   "lon": -119.2844,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=richland+washington",
   "owner": "Framatome (EDF 75.5%, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 19.5%, Assystem 5%)",
   "operator": "Framatome Inc.",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "framatome"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1200,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PWR/BWR fuel: conversion 1,200, pelletising 1,200, rod/assembly 1,200 tHM/yr; small deconversion capability (WNA)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "WISE lists 700 MTU/yr (older). Coordinates: city centroid: Richland WA (GeoNames); plant at Horn Rapids, north of the city."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "bwxt-lynchburg",
   "name": "BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Lynchburg (TRISO / HALEU fuel)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 37.4136,
   "lon": -79.1422,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=lynchburg+virginia",
   "owner": "BWX Technologies",
   "operator": "BWXT",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "bwxt"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": null,
   "capacity_unit": null,
   "technology": "Category I facility: naval and research-reactor fuel, HEU downblending, TRISO particle and HALEU fuel fabrication (Project Pele, DOE programmes)",
   "haleu_capable": true,
   "source_url": "https://www.wise-uranium.org/efac.html",
   "source_name": "WISE Uranium Project: World Nuclear Fuel Facilities (list of conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication plants with nominal capacities)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "WISE lists Lynchburg for downblending without capacity. Commercial LWR capacity not applicable. Coordinates: city centroid: Lynchburg VA (GeoNames); Mt Athos site east of the city — low precision."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "cameco-fuel-manufacturing-port-hope",
   "name": "Cameco Fuel Manufacturing, Port Hope",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Canada",
   "iso3": "CAN",
   "lat": 43.95,
   "lon": -78.3,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hope,_Ontario",
   "owner": "Cameco 100%",
   "operator": "Cameco Fuel Manufacturing",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cameco"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1650,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "CANDU (PHWR) natural-uranium fuel bundles",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "WISE: 1,500 MTU/yr UO2 (PHWR). Coordinates: town centroid: Port Hope ON (Wikipedia via GeoNames layer)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "bwxt-peterborough",
   "name": "BWXT Canada fuel plants (Peterborough / Toronto)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Canada",
   "iso3": "CAN",
   "lat": 44.3,
   "lon": -78.3161,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=peterborough+ontario",
   "owner": "BWX Technologies",
   "operator": "BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "bwxt"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1200,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "CANDU fuel bundles (Peterborough) with UO2 pellet plant (Toronto)",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Two sites reported as one capacity line by WNA; record placed at Peterborough. Coordinates: city centroid: Peterborough ON (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "springfields",
   "name": "Springfields Fuels (Westinghouse)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "United Kingdom",
   "iso3": "GBR",
   "lat": 53.7816,
   "lon": -2.8119,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfields",
   "owner": "Westinghouse Electric Company (site owned by NDA, leased)",
   "operator": "Springfields Fuels Ltd",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "westinghouse"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 600,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "LWR and AGR oxide fuel (incl. ~200 tHM AGR); historic UF6 conversion (hex plant ceased 2014)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "WISE lists conversion 5,500 MTU/yr and UO2 fabrication 330 MTU/yr (dated). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=springfields+nuclear+fuel+salwick)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "westinghouse-vasteras",
   "name": "Westinghouse Electric Sweden, Västerås",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Sweden",
   "iso3": "SWE",
   "lat": 59.6161,
   "lon": 16.5525,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=v%C3%A4ster%C3%A5s",
   "owner": "Westinghouse Electric Company",
   "operator": "Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "westinghouse"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 800,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PWR/BWR/VVER-1000 fuel: conversion 800, pelletising 800, rod/assembly 800 tHM/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Fabricates all Ukrainian VVER fuel (June 2022 agreement, per WNA Ukraine profile). Coordinates: city centroid: Västerås (GeoNames); plant in the Finnslätten industrial area."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "framatome-romans",
   "name": "Framatome Romans-sur-Isère",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "France",
   "iso3": "FRA",
   "lat": 45.0494,
   "lon": 5.0658,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=romans-sur-is%C3%A8re",
   "owner": "Framatome",
   "operator": "Framatome (ex-FBFC)",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "framatome"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1400,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PWR fuel: conversion 1,800, pelletising 1,400, rod/assembly 1,400 tHM/yr; also research-reactor fuel (CERCA)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Coordinates: town centroid: Romans-sur-Isère (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "framatome-lingen",
   "name": "Framatome ANF Lingen",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Germany",
   "iso3": "DEU",
   "lat": 52.5225,
   "lon": 7.3256,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=lingen+ems",
   "owner": "Framatome (Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH)",
   "operator": "Framatome ANF",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "framatome"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 650,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PWR/BWR fuel: conversion 800, pelletising 650, rod/assembly 650 tHM/yr; VVER fuel line (with Rosatom/TVEL) licensing contested",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Coordinates: town centroid: Lingen (Ems) (GeoNames); plant in the industrial park near the Emsland NPP."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "enusa-juzbado",
   "name": "ENUSA Juzbado",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Spain",
   "iso3": "ESP",
   "lat": 41.0778,
   "lon": -5.8614,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=juzbado",
   "owner": "ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas (SEPI 60%, CIEMAT 40%)",
   "operator": "ENUSA",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "enusa"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 500,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PWR/BWR fuel from imported enriched UO2: pelletising 500, rod/assembly 500 tHM/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Coordinates: village centroid: Juzbado (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "snn-pitesti",
   "name": "Nuclearelectrica Pitești (FCN)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Romania",
   "iso3": "ROU",
   "lat": 44.9589,
   "lon": 24.9419,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=mioveni",
   "owner": "SN Nuclearelectrica",
   "operator": "FCN Pitești",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "nuclearelectrica"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 250,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "CANDU fuel bundles for Cernavodă",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Coordinates: town centroid: Mioveni (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "melox-marcoule",
   "name": "Orano MELOX (Marcoule)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "France",
   "iso3": "FRA",
   "lat": 44.1429,
   "lon": 4.7061,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcoule_Nuclear_Site",
   "owner": "Orano 100%",
   "operator": "Orano Recyclage (MELOX SA)",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "orano"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 195,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "MOX fuel fabrication (PuO2/UO2) for French PWRs",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Licensed 195 tHM/yr; output constrained in 2021-24. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=la+hague+reprocessing+plant)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "tvel-elektrostal",
   "name": "TVEL Mashinostroitelny Zavod (MSZ/Elemash), Elektrostal",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 55.7864,
   "lon": 38.4569,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=elektrostal&country=RU",
   "owner": "Rosatom (TVEL) 100%",
   "operator": "JSC MSZ",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1560,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "VVER, RBMK (~220 tHM), research, icebreaker and fast-reactor fuel: conversion 1,500, pelletising 1,500, rod/assembly 1,560 tHM/yr",
   "haleu_capable": true,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "TVEL's two plants combined ~2,800 t/yr (WNA Russia profile). Coordinates: city centroid: Elektrostal (GeoNames) 55°47′11″N 38°27′25″E."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "tvel-novosibirsk",
   "name": "TVEL Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 55.1,
   "lon": 82.9667,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalininsky_City_District,_Novosibirsk",
   "owner": "Rosatom (TVEL) 100%",
   "operator": "JSC NCCP",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1200,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "VVER and TVS-K (PWR) fuel: conversion 450, pelletising 1,200, rod/assembly 1,200 tHM/yr; research-reactor fuel",
   "haleu_capable": true,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Coordinates: district centroid: Kalininsky City District, Novosibirsk (Wikipedia via GeoNames layer), where NCCP is located."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "mcc-zheleznogorsk-mox",
   "name": "Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) Zheleznogorsk — MOX fuel plant (MFFF)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 56.3545,
   "lon": 93.6439,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_and_Chemical_Combine",
   "owner": "Rosatom 100%",
   "operator": "FSUE MCC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 60,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "MOX fuel for BN-800 fast reactor (400 FAs/yr, ~60 tHM); serial production since late 2018",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Same site hosts the Pilot Demonstration Centre reprocessing plant (zheleznogorsk-pdc). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=zheleznogorsk+mining+chemical+combine)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "ulba-metallurgical-plant",
   "name": "Ulba Metallurgical Plant (Ust-Kamenogorsk / Oskemen)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Kazakhstan",
   "iso3": "KAZ",
   "lat": 49.9714,
   "lon": 82.6058,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=oskemen",
   "owner": "Kazatomprom (majority); Ulba-FA JV 51% UMP / 49% CGN",
   "operator": "Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "kazatomprom",
    "cgn"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 400,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "UO2 powder and pellets (since 1973; 400 tHM/yr pellets per WNA table) plus Ulba-FA PWR fuel assembly plant 200 tHM/yr (opened Nov 2021, design capacity 2024); hosts the IAEA LEU Bank (~90 tU)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/kazakhstan",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Kazakhstan (page updated 6 October 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "WISE lists 2,800 MTU/yr nominal UO2 (Soviet-era). Coordinates: city centroid: Ust-Kamenogorsk / Oskemen (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "kepco-nf-daejeon",
   "name": "KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, Daejeon",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "South Korea",
   "iso3": "KOR",
   "lat": 36.3667,
   "lon": 127.3269,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=yuseong+daejeon",
   "owner": "KEPCO Nuclear Fuel (KEPCO 96%)",
   "operator": "KEPCO NF",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "kepco-nuclear-fuel"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 900,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PWR fuel 900 tHM/yr (conversion, pelletising, assembly) plus CANDU fuel 400 tHM/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "LWR 900 + PHWR 400 tHM/yr (WNA tables). Coordinates: district centroid: Yuseong-gu, Daejeon (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "cjnf-yibin",
   "name": "CNNC Jianzhong Nuclear Fuel (CJNF), Yibin",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "China",
   "iso3": "CHN",
   "lat": 28.7592,
   "lon": 104.6397,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=yibin&country=CN",
   "owner": "CNNC 100%",
   "operator": "CJNF",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 800,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PWR fuel 800 tHM/yr (conversion, pelletising, assembly) plus VVER line 100 t/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Coordinates: city centroid: Yibin (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "cnnfc-baotou",
   "name": "CNNC North Nuclear Fuel (CNNFC) and CNNC Baotou Nuclear Fuel (CBNF), Baotou",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "China",
   "iso3": "CHN",
   "lat": 40.6514,
   "lon": 109.8439,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=baotou&country=CN",
   "owner": "CNNC 100%",
   "operator": "CNNFC / CBNF",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 846,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PHWR fuel 246 + LWR 200 (CNNFC) + AP1000/CAP1400 rod/assembly 400 (CBNF, phased to 800); HTR-PM pebble fuel line 300,000 pebbles/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Capacity is the sum of the three WNA table lines at the Baotou complex (200 + 246 + 400 tHM/yr). Coordinates: city centroid: Baotou (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "nfc-hyderabad",
   "name": "Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "lat": 17.3839,
   "lon": 78.4561,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=hyderabad&country=IN",
   "owner": "Department of Atomic Energy",
   "operator": "NFC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "dae-india"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1500,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PHWR natural-uranium fuel 1,250-1,500 t/yr (MDU to UO2 conversion on site) plus BWR fuel 25-48 t/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/india",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in India (page updated 15 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "WNA fabrication table: PHWR 1,000 tHM/yr, LWR 48 tHM/yr; India profile: 1,250-1,500 t/yr (upper figure used). Coordinates: city centroid: Hyderabad (GeoNames); NFC at Moula Ali in the north-east of the city."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "nfc-kota",
   "name": "Nuclear Fuel Complex, Kota (Rawatbhata)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "lat": 24.9297,
   "lon": 75.5919,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=rawatbhata",
   "owner": "Department of Atomic Energy",
   "operator": "NFC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "dae-india"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 500,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PHWR-700 fuel bundles",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/india",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in India (page updated 15 July 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Started May 2026 (WNA India profile); WISE lists 441 MTU/yr. Coordinates: town centroid: Rawatbhata (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "resende-fcn-fabrication",
   "name": "INB Resende fuel fabrication (FCN)",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Brazil",
   "iso3": "BRA",
   "lat": -22.4689,
   "lon": -44.4467,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=resende&country=BR",
   "owner": "INB (state)",
   "operator": "INB",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "inb"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 280,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "UF6 reconversion to UO2 160 t/yr, pellets 120 t/yr, assemblies 280 t/yr (WNA Brazil profile; fabrication table 240)",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/brazil",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Nuclear Power in Brazil (page updated 14 November 2025)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Same site as the enrichment plant (resende-enrichment). Coordinates: city centroid: Resende RJ (GeoNames); FCN site not separately located."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "conuar-ezeiza",
   "name": "CONUAR Ezeiza",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Argentina",
   "iso3": "ARG",
   "lat": -34.8542,
   "lon": -58.5247,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=ezeiza",
   "owner": "CONUAR SA (Pecom/Pérez Companc 67%, CNEA 33%)",
   "operator": "CONUAR",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnea"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 200,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PHWR fuel for Atucha and Embalse (CANDU)",
   "haleu_capable": false,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "WNA PHWR table: 200 t/yr (Córdoba & Ezeiza); Argentina profile: 160 tHM/yr. Coordinates: town centroid: Ezeiza (GeoNames); Ezeiza Atomic Centre nearby."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "mnf-tokai",
   "name": "Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel, Tokai-mura",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Japan",
   "iso3": "JPN",
   "lat": 36.4606,
   "lon": 140.5806,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=tokai&country=JP",
   "owner": "Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel (MHI; Orano 30% planned)",
   "operator": "MNF",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "mitsubishi-nuclear-fuel"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 440,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PWR fuel: conversion 470, pelletising 440, assembly 440 tHM/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Coordinates: village centroid: Tōkai Mura, Ibaraki (GeoNames) 36°27′38″N 140°34′50″E."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "nfi-kumatori",
   "name": "Nuclear Fuel Industries, Kumatori",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Japan",
   "iso3": "JPN",
   "lat": 34.3889,
   "lon": 135.3639,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=kumatori&country=JP",
   "owner": "Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd",
   "operator": "NFI",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "nfi-japan"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 284,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PWR fuel: pelletising 383, assembly 284 tHM/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "NFI also operates a BWR plant at Tokai-mura (250 tHM/yr) — not recorded separately. Coordinates: town centroid: Kumatori Chō, Osaka (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "gnf-j-kurihama",
   "name": "Global Nuclear Fuel — Japan, Kurihama",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Japan",
   "iso3": "JPN",
   "lat": 35.2278,
   "lon": 139.7019,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=kurihama&country=JP",
   "owner": "Global Nuclear Fuel — Japan (GE Vernova / Hitachi / Toshiba)",
   "operator": "GNF-J",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "global-nuclear-fuel"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 630,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "BWR fuel: pelletising 620, assembly 630 tHM/yr",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Coordinates: district centroid: Kurihama, Yokosuka (GeoNames populated place)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "jmox-rokkasho",
   "name": "JNFL J-MOX fuel fabrication plant, Rokkasho",
   "type": "fabrication",
   "country": "Japan",
   "iso3": "JPN",
   "lat": 40.9564,
   "lon": 141.3245,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant",
   "owner": "Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd",
   "operator": "JNFL",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "jnfl"
   ],
   "status": "under_construction",
   "capacity_value": 130,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "MOX fuel for LWRs",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/fuel-fabrication",
   "source_name": "WNA: Nuclear Fuel Fabrication (tables 'World LWR fuel fabrication capacity' and 'World PHWR fuel fabrication capacity', tonnes HM/yr)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "WNA: targeted completion FY2027; design capacity 130 tHM/yr from general knowledge of the JNFL licence (not on the saved WNA extract) — verify. Coordinates: JNFL Rokkasho site: coordinates of the Wikipedia article 'Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant' (via GeoNames layer); J-MOX adjacent."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "la-hague",
   "name": "Orano La Hague (UP2-800 and UP3)",
   "type": "reprocessing",
   "country": "France",
   "iso3": "FRA",
   "lat": 49.6775,
   "lon": -1.8741,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Hague_site",
   "owner": "Orano 100%",
   "operator": "Orano Recyclage",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "orano"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 1700,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PUREX reprocessing of LWR oxide fuel; two plants UP2-800 and UP3 (1,700 tHM/yr combined licence)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/fuel-recycling/processing-of-used-nuclear-fuel",
   "source_name": "WNA: Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel (page updated 23 August 2024; table 'World commercial reprocessing capacity')",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Operating since 1976 (oxide fuel). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=la+hague+reprocessing+plant)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "rokkasho-reprocessing",
   "name": "JNFL Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant",
   "type": "reprocessing",
   "country": "Japan",
   "iso3": "JPN",
   "lat": 40.9564,
   "lon": 141.3245,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant",
   "owner": "Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd",
   "operator": "JNFL",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "jnfl"
   ],
   "status": "under_construction",
   "capacity_value": 800,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PUREX reprocessing of LWR fuel (800 tHM/yr design)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/fuel-recycling/processing-of-used-nuclear-fuel",
   "source_name": "WNA: Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel (page updated 23 August 2024; table 'World commercial reprocessing capacity')",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Not yet in commercial operation; completion repeatedly delayed (WNA page of Aug 2024 is stale on the latest target date — verify against JNFL). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=rokkasho+reprocessing+plant)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "mayak-rt1",
   "name": "Mayak RT-1 (Ozersk)",
   "type": "reprocessing",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 55.7141,
   "lon": 60.8473,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayak",
   "owner": "Rosatom 100%",
   "operator": "FSUE PA Mayak",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 400,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PUREX; VVER-440, BN, naval and research fuel; VVER-1000 fuel since Dec 2016",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/fuel-recycling/processing-of-used-nuclear-fuel",
   "source_name": "WNA: Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel (page updated 23 August 2024; table 'World commercial reprocessing capacity')",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Operating since 1971; design 400 tHM/yr; 993 t reprocessed 2016-2024 (WNA Russia profile). Small MOX line on site (~40 FAs/yr). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=mayak+production+association+ozersk)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "zheleznogorsk-pdc",
   "name": "MCC Zheleznogorsk Pilot Demonstration Centre (RT-2 site)",
   "type": "reprocessing",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 56.3545,
   "lon": 93.6439,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_and_Chemical_Combine",
   "owner": "Rosatom 100%",
   "operator": "FSUE MCC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "pilot",
   "capacity_value": 200,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "innovative (low-waste) reprocessing of VVER-1000 fuel; first FA June 2018; second stage launched July 2025 (~200 tHM/yr)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Full-scale RT-2 never finished; June 2026 Rosatom announced a modular plant (first module 400 t/yr, site not chosen). Russia reprocessed 134.3 t in 2024. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=zheleznogorsk+mining+chemical+combine)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "sellafield-thorp",
   "name": "Sellafield THORP",
   "type": "reprocessing",
   "country": "United Kingdom",
   "iso3": "GBR",
   "lat": 54.4155,
   "lon": -3.5017,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_Oxide_Reprocessing_Plant",
   "owner": "Nuclear Decommissioning Authority",
   "operator": "Sellafield Ltd",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "nda-uk"
   ],
   "status": "closed",
   "capacity_value": 900,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PUREX reprocessing of LWR/AGR oxide fuel",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/fuel-recycling/processing-of-used-nuclear-fuel",
   "source_name": "WNA: Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel (page updated 23 August 2024; table 'World commercial reprocessing capacity')",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Commissioned 1994; reprocessing ended Nov 2018. Magnox reprocessing plant on the same site (1,500 tHM/yr) closed July 2022. Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=la+hague+reprocessing+plant)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "tarapur-prefre",
   "name": "PREFRE Tarapur (BARC)",
   "type": "reprocessing",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "lat": 19.8289,
   "lon": 72.6611,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=tarapur+maharashtra",
   "owner": "Department of Atomic Energy (BARC)",
   "operator": "BARC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "dae-india"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 100,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PUREX reprocessing of PHWR fuel (PREFRE-1 1979, replaced by PREFRE-2 2010)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/fuel-recycling/processing-of-used-nuclear-fuel",
   "source_name": "WNA: Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel (page updated 23 August 2024; table 'World commercial reprocessing capacity')",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "WNA: Indian PHWR plants total ~260 tHM/yr. Coordinates: GeoNames feature 'Tarapur Atomic Power Station' 19°49′44″N 72°39′40″E; PREFRE on the adjacent Tarapur site."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "kalpakkam-karp",
   "name": "Kalpakkam Reprocessing Plant (KARP / FRFCF)",
   "type": "reprocessing",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "lat": 12.5636,
   "lon": 80.1736,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=kalpakkam",
   "owner": "Department of Atomic Energy (IGCAR/BARC)",
   "operator": "BARC",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "dae-india"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 100,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PUREX for PHWR fuel (KARP, 1998); Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Facility (FRFCF) commissioned 2024 for PFBR fuel",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/fuel-recycling/processing-of-used-nuclear-fuel",
   "source_name": "WNA: Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel (page updated 23 August 2024; table 'World commercial reprocessing capacity')",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Coordinates: village centroid: Kalpakkam, Chengalpattu (GeoNames)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "jiuquan-404-pilot",
   "name": "CNNC 404 pilot reprocessing plant (Jiuquan, Gansu)",
   "type": "reprocessing",
   "country": "China",
   "iso3": "CHN",
   "lat": 39.7431,
   "lon": 98.5172,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=jiuquan&country=CN",
   "owner": "CNNC 100%",
   "operator": "CNNC 404 Co.",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "pilot",
   "capacity_value": 50,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PUREX pilot plant (hot commissioning 2010; ~36-50 tHM/yr)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: China's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 25 April 2024)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "Jinta demonstration plant (200 tHM/yr, CNNC Longrui) under construction nearby, expected ~2025, with a second 200 t/yr line started ~2020 — recorded as jinta-demonstration. Coordinates: city centroid: Jiuquan, Gansu (GeoNames); the 404 complex lies in the desert north of the city — low precision."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "jinta-demonstration",
   "name": "CNNC Longrui Jinta demonstration reprocessing plant",
   "type": "reprocessing",
   "country": "China",
   "iso3": "CHN",
   "lat": 39.9833,
   "lon": 98.8667,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=jinta+gansu",
   "owner": "CNNC 100%",
   "operator": "CNNC Longrui Technology",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "cnnc"
   ],
   "status": "under_construction",
   "capacity_value": 200,
   "capacity_unit": "tHM/yr",
   "technology": "PUREX demonstration plant, 200 tHM/yr (first line expected 2025; second 200 t/yr line started ~2020)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: China's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 25 April 2024)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "low",
   "notes": "WNA page (April 2024) stale on completion; verify. Coordinates: county-seat centroid: Jinta, Jiuquan (GeoNames); plant in the desert of Jinta county — low precision."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "tricastin-w-deconversion",
   "name": "Orano Tricastin W plant (depleted UF6 deconversion)",
   "type": "deconversion",
   "country": "France",
   "iso3": "FRA",
   "lat": 44.3297,
   "lon": 4.7206,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodif",
   "owner": "Orano 100%",
   "operator": "Orano Chimie-Enrichissement",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "orano"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 20000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "DUF6 to stable U3O8 (defluorination), HF recovered",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": ">300,000 t processed (WNA). Coordinates: Wikipedia article 'Eurodif' (Tricastin site) coordinates via GeoNames Wikipedia layer; site-level."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "capenhurst-tmf",
   "name": "Urenco ChemPlants Tails Management Facility, Capenhurst",
   "type": "deconversion",
   "country": "United Kingdom",
   "iso3": "GBR",
   "lat": 53.2572,
   "lon": -2.9511,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=capenhurst",
   "owner": "Urenco Ltd",
   "operator": "Urenco ChemPlants",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "urenco"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 10000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "DUF6 deconversion to U3O8 with HF by-product; ~GBP 1bn facility; expansion with Bechtel (Nov 2023)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Coordinates: village centroid: Capenhurst, Cheshire (GeoNames); plant adjacent."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "portsmouth-duf6",
   "name": "DOE Portsmouth DUF6 conversion facility (Piketon)",
   "type": "deconversion",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 39.0083,
   "lon": -83.0,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Gaseous_Diffusion_Plant",
   "owner": "US Department of Energy",
   "operator": "Mid-America Conversion Services (UDS)",
   "owner_company_ids": [],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 13500,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "DUF6 to U3O8 conversion of legacy enrichment tails",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Coordinates: Wikipedia article 'Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant' coordinates via GeoNames Wikipedia layer."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "paducah-duf6",
   "name": "DOE Paducah DUF6 conversion facility",
   "type": "deconversion",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 37.1139,
   "lon": -88.8103,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paducah_Gaseous_Diffusion_Plant",
   "owner": "US Department of Energy",
   "operator": "Mid-America Conversion Services (UDS)",
   "owner_company_ids": [],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 18000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "DUF6 to U3O8 conversion of legacy enrichment tails",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Former Paducah gaseous diffusion plant (closed 2013) on the same reservation; Global Laser Enrichment plans a laser enrichment plant for the tails (not recorded). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=paducah+gaseous+diffusion+plant)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "zelenogorsk-w-ecp",
   "name": "W-ECP depleted UF6 deconversion plant, Zelenogorsk",
   "type": "deconversion",
   "country": "Russia",
   "iso3": "RUS",
   "lat": 56.1117,
   "lon": 94.4961,
   "coord_source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelenogorsk_Electrochemical_Plant",
   "owner": "Rosatom (TVEL / Tenex) 100%",
   "operator": "JSC PA ECP",
   "owner_company_ids": [
    "rosatom"
   ],
   "status": "operating",
   "capacity_value": 10000,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "Orano-licensed W process (DUF6 to U3O8); W2-ECP second plant under construction (to 20,000 t/yr total)",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-fuel-cycle",
   "source_name": "WNA country profile: Russia's Nuclear Fuel Cycle (page updated 30 September 2026)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "high",
   "notes": "Commissioned Dec 2009; 165,000 t processed by end-2025 (WNA Russia profile). Coordinates: Wikipedia article coordinates read via GeoNames Wikipedia layer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=zelenogorsk+krasnoyarsk+electrochemical+plant+uranium)."
  },
  {
   "facility_id": "hobbs-inis",
   "name": "INIS Fluorine Products deconversion plant, Hobbs (planned)",
   "type": "deconversion",
   "country": "United States",
   "iso3": "USA",
   "lat": 32.7025,
   "lon": -103.1358,
   "coord_source_url": "https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=hobbs+new+mexico",
   "owner": "International Isotopes Inc.",
   "operator": "INIS Fluorine Products",
   "owner_company_ids": [],
   "status": "planned",
   "capacity_value": 6500,
   "capacity_unit": "tU/yr",
   "technology": "DUF6 deconversion with fluorine-product recovery; NRC licensed, construction on hold since 2013",
   "haleu_capable": null,
   "source_url": "https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/conversion-and-deconversion",
   "source_name": "WNA: Conversion and Deconversion (page updated 20 November 2024; table of conversion plants with 2022 data; deconversion plant list)",
   "as_of_date": "2026-10-09",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "notes": "Coordinates: city centroid: Hobbs NM (GeoNames); plant site west of the city — low precision."
  }
 ]
}