GeoNuFE Financed byEuropean Research Council (ERC) Observatory of Nuclear Fuel Supplies
Getting started
Welcome to the Observatory of Nuclear Fuel Supplies, a tool developed within the GeoNuFE project, funded by the European Research Council. It maps the facilities, trade flows and national shares of the global nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mining to power plants.
Start with the map. Click any facility to see who owns it, its status, its capacity and our notes. Within each step of the fuel cycle, the size of a symbol follows capacity, so a large circle or square is a large plant.
The Quick view row is the fastest way in: one click sets the map up for a step of the chain (uranium resources, mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication or power plants). Click the chip again, or the cross next to the chips, to go back to the full map.
Customize lets you build your own view. By default only operating facilities are shown; Status adds suspended, under construction and planned ones. Flows draws the trade in uranium products between countries, and Country shares shades countries by their weight in a step of the cycle, computed from the operating facilities shown on the map.
Flows run from the exporting to the importing country, and thicker lines mean larger volumes. Once flows are on, the year slider (all years by default) and the From/To menu let you narrow down to a period or to a route.
Country and Owner filters zoom the map in and open a summary in the statistics panel. Choosing an owner lists all of its facilities, whatever their status, with the share it holds in each.
The Statistics panel (tab on the right edge) follows whatever you have on the map. Capacities count operating facilities only. You can drag its edge to make it wider.
Drag to move the map, scroll or use +/− to zoom, FIT to start over, and Aa to show or hide country names. The legend at the bottom left explains the symbols currently on the map.
About the data. The database is a work in progress and gets updated regularly; the date of the last update is at the bottom right of the map.
Quick view — jump to a chain step
Uranium resources
Uranium mining
Conversion
Enrichment
Fuel assemblies
Advanced fuels
Power Plants
Filters
Customize
Facilities
Open pit mines
Underground mines
ISL mines
Mines — method not specified
Conversion plants
Enrichment plants
Show HALEU-capable only
Fuel fab. — MoX
Fuel fab. — BWR/PWR
Fuel fab. — VVER
Fuel fab. — BWR/PWR + VVER
Fuel fab. — AGR/GCR + BWR/PWR
Fuel fab. — PHWR
PWR
BWR
VVER
Other (GCR/LWGR)
FBR
HTGR
PHWR
HALEU conversion / metallisation
Advanced fuel fabrication (TRISO, metallic)
Reprocessing
Status
Operating
Suspended
Under construction
Planned
Statistics always count operating sites only.
Flows
Natural uranium
Converted uranium
Enriched uranium
Fuel assemblies
Country shares
None
Mining capacity
Conversion capacity
Enrichment capacity
Nuclear share in electricity mix
Uranium identified recoverable resources
< USD 40/kgU
< USD 80/kgU
< USD 130/kgU
< USD 260/kgU
Depleted uranium stock
Filter by country (one or several)
Filter by owner
Flow year
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Legend▾
Host country
Capacity
Owner(s)

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Statistics
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Activate a chain step or select a country to see statistics.