Product
Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6)
The gaseous chemical form of uranium used as feedstock for enrichment, the step before fabrication into fuel for light-water reactors, the most common reactor type in the world.
Covered in 2 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence articles, most recently on October 15, 2026.
Coverage
Uranium
Floating Nuclear Start-Up Bluecore Buys Its First Enriched Uranium From Trader WMC
Bluecore Energy, a California start-up designing nuclear reactors that float on barges, has bought enriched uranium from fuel trader WMC. The company called it a step from reactor design toward fuelled testing.
Uranium
Cameco Controls One of Only Three Uranium Conversion Plants in the Western World
Cameco's Blind River refinery and Port Hope conversion plant turn mined uranium into reactor fuel — one of only three Western uranium conversion operations, with Port Hope's license up for renewal by February 2027.
