Zirconium Plant, Utah

Westinghouse operates this facility in this remote location to produce chemical components for its Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division, one of the nation’s major suppliers of fuel rod assemblies for nuclear power plants. The zirconium that is milled here is imported to this plant from Australia, processed, then shipped to the division’s other two facilities, in South Carolina and Pennsylvania, to be assembled into the fuel rods that are shipped to nuclear power plants all over the United States. The plant is located here because of the remoteness and access to large volumes of water.