! October 1984, Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) at URENCO in the Netherlands (Bogaerts, Rob / Fotocollectie Anefo) 1. The basics Capenhurst is a uranium enrichment site in Cheshire, owned and operated by URENCO, and consists of three enrichment plants – E22, E23 and A3 – though most comes from E23. Sister plants are found in the Netherlands and Germany, in Almelo and Gronau respectively, as well as in New Mexico in the USA. Most of this leaflet will focus on the UK arm. Located just ten kilometres (seven miles) north of Chester and less than six km (four miles) southwest from Ellesmere Port, URENCO’s Capenhurst site spans 110 hectares (270 acres). Wales is a mere four km (2.5 miles) to the west while Liverpool is 15 km (10 miles) north of the plant. Ellesmere Port and Liverpool are two of the ports that URENCO uses for exporting uranium from the plant. South of Liverpool, Eastham Dock in the Wirral has been used occasionally for large shipments.
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