Cameco Fuel Manufacturing

Cameco Fuel Manufacturing is one of two suppliers serving Canada's reactor fleet and is the largest Canadian-based fabricator of in-core reactor components for CANDU heavy water reactors around the world.

Our fuel manufacturing business consists of two facilities:

• a metal fabrication plant in Cobourg, Ontario that manufactures components for fuel bundles as well as other power reactor and medical isotope fabrications
• a fuel manufacturing plant in Port Hope where natural uranium dioxide (UO2) powder is pressed into pellets, fitted into zirconium tubes and then assembled into CANDU reactor fuel bundles

Our fuel manufacturing operations conform to both the ISO 14001 Environmental Management system standard and the CSA N299.1 Quality Management system standard.

These frameworks assists us in reaching our environmental protection and product quality goals and allows us to demonstrate our commitment to sound nuclear safety and environmental performance. The standards require independent audits and regular re-certification.

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that Cameco’s facilities in Cobourg and Port Hope, are in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which include: Curve Lake, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Rama, Beausoleil, and Georgina Island First Nations.

Cameco respectfully acknowledges that the Williams Treaties First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these beautiful lands and waters in perpetuity, and we are grateful that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure the health and integrity for generations to come.

We offer this acknowledgement to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility in building meaningful relationships and to improving our own understanding of local Indigenous peoples and their cultures. 

Public Information

As part of our commitment to providing timely and relevant information about our operations to interested stakeholders, Cameco has developed a formal public disclosure protocol for its Ontario operations. It outlines how we communicate to local and other stakeholders. You can find our most recent disclosures here.