| Site | Plutonium kg 1 |
HEU kg 235U 2 |
LEU tU 3 |
Natural U tU 3 |
Depleted U tU 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dounreay (Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd) |
-0.215 | +0.119 | +0.001 | NIL | -0.112 |
| Harwell (Research Sites Restoration Ltd) |
+0.002 | +0.002 | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Windscale (Sellafield Ltd) 4 |
-0.030 | NIL | -0.006 | NIL | <+0.001 |
| Winfrith (Research Sites Restoration Ltd) |
NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Sellafield (Sellafield Ltd) |
-1.231 | +0.070 | -0.255 | <+0.001 | -1.658 |
| Springfields (Springfields Fuels Ltd) |
NIL | NIL | +3.125 | -13.46 | +3.736 |
| Capenhurst (Urenco UK Ltd)5 |
N/A | N/A | <------------- -1.356 -------------> | ||
+ apparent increase
- apparent decrease
1 the figures for plutonium are the total amount of all plutonium isotopes.
2 the figures for highly enriched uranium (HEU) are for the uranium 235 content of uranium enriched to above 20% of that isotope.
3 low enriched uranium (LEU), natural uranium and depleted uranium cannot be used to make explosive devices. The published figures include these grades for the sake of completeness.
4 for which Sellafield Ltd became the site licensee on 1 April 2008
5 the figure is a consolidated figure for the enrichment-related activities of Urenco UK Ltd, Enrichment Technology UK Ltd and Capenhurst Nuclear Services Ltd
Contacts
- Dounreay Sites Restoration Ltd (Dounreay) - Press Office
- Research Sites Restoration Ltd (Harwell & Winfrith), Angela Vincent 01235 435234
- Sellafield Ltd (Sellafield Ltd), Karl Connor 019467 85842
- Springfields Fuels Ltd, Alan Beauchamp 01772 762841
- Capenhurst site (including Capenhurst Nuclear Services Ltd), Neil Fagan 0151 473 4240