Uranium Enrichment

Over the last six months there has been a great deal of public attention paid to the possibility of Australia developing its own uranium enrichment industry. The Prime Minister has stressed the benefits of 'value adding' by processing uranium prior to it being exported. This fact sheet provides essential information to enable an interested citizen to assess this proposition. Civil enrichment plants can and have been have been misused in nuclear weapons programs. The world's existing and planned enrichment capacity is able to meet present and foreseeable nuclear fuel supplies.