Nuclear Materials Facilities (by Location or Name)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) currently regulates fuel cycle facilities and uranium recovery facilities in Illinois, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. The following map depicts the locations of these facilities, while the Alphabetical List of Mapped Materials Facilities (below the map) identifies each facility by licensee, location, and type.

In addition to these mapped facilities, the NRC and its Agreement States have issued more than 20,000 licenses in the United States for Medical, Industrial, and Academic Uses of source, byproduct, and special nuclear materials. Of these active licenses, approximately 3,800 are administered by the NRC, while the rest are administered by Agreement States. For more detail, see Materials Licensees by State (on this page), or see the following related pages in the NRC's Facility Information Finder:

See also DOE Waste Incidental To Reprocessing (WIR) Locations (not regulated by the NRC).


 
Image used as a pin on the map to represent a Depleted Uranium Deconversion Facility Depleted Uranium Deconversion Facility Uranium Fuel Fabrication Facility Uranium Fuel Fabrication Facility
Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Facility Uranium Hexafluoride Production (Conversion) Facility Uranium Hexafluoride Production (Conversion) Facility
Laser Separation Enrichment Facility Laser Separation Enrichment Facility Uranium Recovery Facility Uranium Recovery Facility

Region I oversees all materials licensees in Region II.
Region II oversees commercial nuclear fuel processing facilities in Illinois and Ohio (Region III), as well as New Mexico and Washington (Region IV).
Region III oversees materials licensees in Missouri (Region IV).

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Alphabetical List of Mapped Materials Facilities

A | B | C | D | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | U | W

A

Licensee/Facility Location Type
AREVA Enrichment Services, LLC
(Eagle Rock)
Idaho Falls, ID Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment

B

Licensee/Facility Location Type
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Inc.
(BWXT)
Lynchburg, VA Uranium Fuel Fabrication

C

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Christensen Ranch/Irigaray
(COGEMA Mining, Inc.)
Johnson & Campbell Counties, WY In Situ Recovery (ISR)
Crow Butte Resources Site
(Crow Butte Resources, Inc.)
Chadron, NE In Situ Recovery (ISR)
Crown Point
(see Hydro Resources)
Crown Point, NM In Situ Recovery (ISR)

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D

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Dewey Burdock Fall River & Custer Counties, South Dakota In Situ Recovery (ISR)

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F

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Framatome, Inc. Richland, WA Uranium Fuel Fabrication

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G

Licensee/Facility Location Type
GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment, LLC
(Global Laser Enrichment (GLE))
Wilmington, NC Laser Separation Uranium Enrichment
Global Nuclear Fuel – Americas, LLC
(GNF-A)
Wilmington, NC Uranium Fuel Fabrication

H

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Honeywell International, Inc.
(Honeywell)
Metropolis, IL Uranium Hexafluoride Production (Conversion)
Hydro Resources, Inc. (Crown Point Site) Crown Point, NM In Situ Recovery (ISR)

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I

Licensee/Facility Location Type
International Isotopes Inc.
(International Isotopes)
Hobbs, NM Deconversion of Depleted Uranium

K

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Kennecott Uranium Co.
(Sweetwater Site)
Sweetwater County, WY Conventional Uranium Mill

L

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Lost Creek Sweetwater County, WY In Situ Recovery (ISR)
URENCO–USA
(Louisiana Energy Services (LES))
Eunice, NM Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment

M

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Moore Ranch (see Uranium One) Campbell County, WY In Situ Recovery (ISR)

N

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Nichols Ranch Campbell and Johnson Counties, Wyoming In Situ Recovery (ISR)
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.
(NFS)
Erwin, TN Uranium Fuel Fabrication

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P

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Power Resources, Inc.
(Smith Ranch Site)
Douglas, WY (Converse County) In Situ Recovery (ISR)

R

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Reno Creek Campbell Co., WY In Situ Recovery (ISR)
Ross Crook County, WY In Situ Recovery (ISR)

S

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Smith Ranch
(see Power Resources)
Douglas, WY (Converse County) In Situ Recovery (ISR)
Sweetwater
(see Kennecott Uranium Co.)
Sweetwater County, WY Conventional Uranium Mill

T

Licensee/Facility Location Type
TRISO-X Oak Ridge, TN Fuel Fabrication – Category 2

U

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Uranium One
(Moore Ranch)
Campbell County, WY In Situ Recovery (ISR)
Centrus Energy Corp.
(American Centrifuge Plant (ACP))
Piketon, OH Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment

W

Licensee/Facility Location Type
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
(Westinghouse)
Columbia, SC Uranium Fuel Fabrication

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Materials Licensees by State

The following table reflects the number of materials licenses in each State, as well as the number administered by the NRC and its Agreement States. The NRC and Agreement State data are current as of June 2018. Select a State name for more information about its nuclear materials and other facilities. For additional detail, Find NRC-Licensed Facilities by NRC Region or State.

State Number of Licenses Administered
by NRC by
Agreement
States*
Alabama 20 380
Alaska 79 0
Arizona 11 342
Arkansas 6 209
California 70 1728
Colorado 20 314
Connecticut 153 0
Delaware 50 0
District of Columbia 37 0
Florida 20 1623
Georgia 22 405
Hawaii 65 0
Idaho 81 0
Illinois 25 620
Indiana 267 0
Iowa 1 155
Kansas 15 273
Kentucky 14 354
Louisiana 15 471
Maine 2 100
Maryland 64 535
Massachusetts 27 411
Michigan 435 0
Minnesota 13 151
Mississippi 5 283
Missouri 267 0
Montana 90 0
Nebraska 4 132
Nevada 5 239
New Hampshire 4 82
New Jersey 28 558
 
State Number of Licenses Administered
by NRC by
Agreement
States*
New Mexico 15 207
New York 23 993
NorthCarolina 22 572
North Dakota 3 85
Ohio 41 552
Oklahoma 19 234
Oregon 4 274
Pennsylvania 52 608
Rhode Island 2 44
South Carolina 6 348
South Dakota 42 0
Tennessee 24 520
Texas 58 1509
Utah 14 205
Vermont 36 0
Virginia 57 389
Washington 21 337
West Virginia 193 0
Wisconsin 9 289
Wyoming 104 14
Puerto Rico 115 0
Virgin Islands 9 0
Guam 9 0
American Samoa 2 0
Northen Marianas 1 0
Total number
of materials licenses in
Agreement State jurisdiction
16,545
Total number of
materials licenses in
NRC jurisdiction
2,796
Total number of materials
in the United States
19,341
  Agreement State   States Pursuing Agreements  

* A zero in this column indicates that the given State is not an Agreement State (that is, it has not entered into an agreement with the NRC to exercise regulatory authority over nuclear materials)..

Notes: The NRC and Agreement State data are as of June 2018. These totals represent an estimate because the number of specific radioactive materials licenses per State may change daily. The NRC licenses Federal agencies in Agreement States.

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Page Last Reviewed/Updated Wednesday, February 7, 2024