Uranium enrichment & HALEU
Centrifuge enrichment by Rosatom, Urenco, CNNC and Orano (68,076 thousand SWU/yr in 2025), plus the new HALEU supply needed by more than half of SMR designs.
5 leading companies in uranium enrichment & haleu, one segment of nuclear & small reactors — SMRs, reactor restarts, new large builds and the uranium/enrichment fuel chain behind them
new market segment · researched 2026-11-14
Small modular reactors (SMRs)Large nuclear reactorsReactor restarts & life extensionsUranium miningUranium enrichment & HALEUNuclear fuel & components
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Leading uranium enrichment & haleu companies
5 companies, with the scale each source states. Scale is the whole company's unless the row says otherwise.
| Company | Where | What they do | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urenco ↗ | London, United Kingdom since 1971 | Centrifuge enrichment in the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Eunice, New Mexico (expanding) | enrichment capacity: 17,300 thousand SWU/yr (2025) ↗ |
| Orano ↗ | Châtillon (Paris), France since 2001 | Uranium mining, Georges Besse II enrichment plant, planned Project Ike enrichment plant at Oak Ridge, TN | enrichment capacity: 7,500 thousand SWU/yr (10,000 projected 2030) (2025) ↗ |
| Centrus Energy LEU ↗ | Bethesda, MD, United States since 1992 | Enriched uranium supplier; producing HALEU from a demonstration cascade since October 2023 | revenue: 448.7 USD millions (2025) ↗ |
| Rosatom ↗ | Moscow, RU since 2007 | Russian state nuclear group: reactor exports, the world's largest enrichment capacity, fuel, HALEU | enrichment capacity: 29,133 thousand SWU/yr (2025) ↗ |
| China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) ↗ | Beijing, China since 1955 | Chinese state nuclear group: reactor design and construction, enrichment, uranium | revenue: 39.6 USD billions (2023) ↗ |
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The nuclear & small reactors market
The whole market this segment sits in.
installed capacity (operable reactors, net) · world405,667
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Quick answers
- What is uranium enrichment & haleu?
- Centrifuge enrichment by Rosatom, Urenco, CNNC and Orano (68,076 thousand SWU/yr in 2025), plus the new HALEU supply needed by more than half of SMR designs. It is one segment of the nuclear & small reactors market.
- Who are the leading uranium enrichment & haleu companies?
- Urenco (United Kingdom), Orano (France), Centrus Energy (United States), Rosatom (RU), China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) (China).
- Which uranium enrichment & haleu companies are publicly traded?
- Centrus Energy (LEU).
- How big is the nuclear & small reactors market?
- For the whole nuclear & small reactors market, not this segment alone: installed capacity (operable reactors, net) (world) 405,667 MWe (443 reactors), 2026 — World Nuclear Association.