Urenco USA produced its first cylinder of uranium hexafluoride enriched to between 5 and 10 percent uranium-235 — LEU+ — which the company says is the first commercial LEU+ production in the Western world (
ANS). Urenco's Capenhurst plant in the UK produced 7 percent-enriched samples in a trial run in May 2026; Russia and China have explored enrichment above 5 percent as well, per ANS. Watch: which customers take LEU+ volumes, further cylinders and enrichment percentages, and whether the Western lead shapes the enrichment build-out.
