WESTERN ZIRCONIUM PLANT


Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel is the world’s leading integrated supplier of nuclear fuel products and services. The Western Zirconium Plant produces high-quality zirconium, hafnium and zircaloy for commercial nuclear power and other industrial applications. Since 1980, the 420,000 square-foot facility has produced more than 47 million pounds of zirconium-based products. The plant’s primary products are Zircaloy-4, fuel for Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs); Zircaloy-2, for Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs); and ZIRLO, a corrosion-resistant material developed to meet the long operating cycles and high burnups needed by nuclear power producers.  Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel has six manufacturing locations around the world.

Location: Ogden, UT