Ukraine’s Eastern Mining and Processing Plant (VostGOK) has sent a first batch of domestic uranium concentrate to Canada’s Cameco for further processing and eventual nuclear fuel production, reports in local media said.
Interfax Ukraine said Cameco is to convert the batch to uranium hexafluoride (UF6) before it is sent to Urenco, the British-German-Dutch nuclear fuel consortium, for enrichment and ultimately to Westinghouse for fuel manufacturing.
In April 2023, Cameco and Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom signed the final agreement needed for a programme to export all of Ukraine’s uranium production for processing in Canada to produce fuel for Ukrainian nuclear power plants.