Locations of Uranium Recovery Facilities

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) currently regulates operating uranium recovery facilities in New Mexico, South Dakota and Nebraska. However, the NRC does not directly regulate the active uranium recovery operations in Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, as they are Agreement States, meaning that they have entered into strict agreements with the NRC to exercise regulatory authority over this type of material.

The following map depicts the locations of these sites, while the tables below the map identify the NRC- licensed facilities and facilities licensed by Agreement States. For further details, see Additional Information (below).

Uranium Recovery Facility

 

NRC-Licensed Uranium Recovery Facilities

The following table provides information on In Situ Recovery (ISR) and Conventional Uranium Mill recovery facilities that currently have licenses issued by the NRC. See Locations of Uranium Recovery Sites Undergoing Decommissioning for information on sites that are currently undergoing decommissioning.

Site Name	Licensee	Location	Type of Facility
Crow Butte	Crow Butte Resources, Inc.	Chadron, Nebraska	In Situ Recovery (ISR)
Crownpoint	NuFuels, Inc.	Crownpoint, New Mexico	In Situ Recovery (ISR)
Dewey Burdock	Powertech Uranium Corporation	Fall River & Custer Counties, South Dakota	In Situ Recovery (ISR)

Uranium Recovery Facilities Licensed by Agreement States

The following sites are licensed by the respective Agreement States. The information was updated for the final time in October 2018. The NRC makes no claim regarding the validity of that information.

Site Name	Location	Type of Facility	Docket Number	Agreement State Contacts	Additional Information
Jane Dough	Campbell and Johnson Counties, Wyoming	In Situ Recovery (ISR)	40-9067	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings
Kendrick	Crook County, Wyoming	In Situ Recovery (ISR)	40-9091	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings
Lost Creek / LC East/KM Horizon	Lost Creek ISR, LLC	In Situ Recovery (ISR)	40-9068	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings
Moore Ranch	Campbell County, Wyoming	In Situ Recovery (ISR)	40-9073	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings
Nichols Ranch	Campbell and Johnson Counties, Wyoming	In Situ Recovery (ISR)	40-9067	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings
Reno Creek	Campbell Co., Wyoming	In Situ Recovery (ISR)	40-9092	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings
Ross	Crook County, Wyoming	In Situ Recovery (ISR)	40-9091	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings
Smith Ranch	Douglas, Wyoming (Converse County)	In Situ Recovery (ISR)	40-9064	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings
Sweetwater	Sweetwater County, Wyoming	Conventional Uranium Mill	40-8584	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings
Willow Creek	Johnson & Campbell Counties, Wyoming	In Situ Recovery (ISR)	40-8502	Wyoming Contacts	News Releases Enforcement Documents Meetings

Additional Information

• License Applications for New Uranium Recovery Facilities, Expansions, Restarts, and Renewals
• Locations of Uranium Recovery Sites Undergoing Decommissioning
• Outreach Strategy for Indian Tribes Potentially Affected by Uranium Recovery Sites
• Uranium Mill Tailings
• Public Involvement in Uranium Recovery