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Cameco, Port Hope

Port Hope (Ontario), Canada43.95°N 78.29°W
computed criticality39/100
reading
≈19% of world conversion; Canada's only conversion plant
2024
Market priceUranium (ETF) · $
38.73$
18% over 30dthis week 10%

Indicative delayed market price: a tension gauge, distinct from the physical flow. A rise signals the input tightening.

Fault line

Canada's sole commercial conversion facility, ramping up since 2022 to absorb the shift of Western demand away from Russia. An old site, constrained by its downtown location and its environmental history: the spare capacity there is real but finite.

Actors
Cameco Fuel Services (Port Hope)
Depends on 2
Kazatomprom, Chu-Sarysu basinNuclear · Critical anchorCameco, McArthur River & Cigar LakeNuclear · Critical anchor
Feeds 1
Urenco, Almelo & the Gronau / Capenhurst / Eunice networkNuclear
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