Refining
Blind River refinery
Blind River is the world's largest commercial uranium refinery, refining uranium concentrates from mines around the world into UO3.
Location | Ontario, Canada |
Ownership | 100% |
End product | UO3 |
ISO certification | ISO 14001 certified |
Licensed capacity | approved: 18 million kgU as UO3 per year application: 24 million kgU as UO3 per year |
Estimated decommissioning cost | $38.6 million (pending regulatory approval) |
2011 update
Production
Our Blind River refinery produced 13.5 million kgU of UO3 this year. This ensured that SFL maintained its contractual inventories and Port Hope met its production requirements.
Managing our risks
We manage the risks listed here.