Urenco considering facility to enrich uranium to higher than 5% U-235

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Enrichment company Urenco is consideringrndeveloping a facility that would be able tornenrich uranium to more than 5% U-235 inrnorder to meet needs of an emerging group ofrnpotential customers for such material,rnaccording to the president of Urenco USA.rn“We haven’t made any firm decisions, butrnwe are actively considering this,” MelissarnMann, president of Urenco’s US subsidiary,rnsaid in a presentation October 18 at thernNuclear Energy Institute’s InternationalrnUranium Fuel Seminar in Naples, Florida. Such a project would potentially cost “tens tornhundreds of millions, not billions” of dollars,rnshe said in an interview on the sidelines ofrnthe conference.