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Table 4. U.S. uranium in-situ recovery plants by owner, location, capacity, and operating status
  Operating status at the end of
In-situ recovery plant owner In-situ recovery plant name County, state (existing and planned locations) Production capacity (pounds U3O8 per year) 2025 First-quarter
2026
Second-quarter
2026
Third-quarter
2026
Fourth-quarter
2026
Cameco Crow Butte Operation Dawes, Nebraska 1,000,000 restoration restoration      
Encore Alta Mesa, Llc Alta Mesa Project Brooks, Texas 1,500,000 operating operating      
Encore Energy Corporation Dewey Burdock Project Fall River and Custer, South Dakota 1,000,000 developing developing      
Encore Energy Corporation Kingsville Dome Project Kleberg, Texas 0 reclamation reclamation      
Encore Energy Corporation Rosita Project Duval, Texas 800,000 standby standby      
Encore Energy Corporation Vasquez Project Duval, Texas 0 reclamation reclamation      
Lost Creek Isr Llc Lost Creek Project Sweetwater, Wyoming 2,000,000 operating operating      
Pathfinder Mines Company Pathfinder Shirley Basin Carbon, Wyoming 1,400,000 developing developing      
Power Resources, Inc. Dba Cameco Resources Smith Ranch-Highland Operation Converse,
Wyoming
5,500,000 operating operating      
Strata Energy, Inc. Ross Cpp Crook, Wyoming 3,000,000 operating operating      
Uranerz Energy Corporation Db For Energy Fuels Nichols Ranch Isr Project Johnson and Campbell, Wyoming 2,000,000 standby standby      
Uranium Energy Corporation Burke Hollow Bee, Texas 1,000,000 standby under
construction
     
Uranium Energy Corporation Goliad Isr Uranium Project Goliad, Texas 1,000,000 permitted and licensed permitted and licensed      
Uranium Energy Corporation Hobson Isr Plant Karnes, Texas 4,000,000 standby standby      
Uranium Energy Corporation Jab And Antelope Sweetwater, Wyoming 0 undeveloped undeveloped      
Uranium Energy Corporation La Palangana Duval, Texas 1,000,000 standby standby      
Uranium Energy Corporation Moore Ranch Campbell, Wyoming 3,000,000 permitted and licensed permitted and licensed      
Uranium Energy Corporation Reno Creek Campbell, Wyoming 2,000,000 permitted and licensed permitted and licensed      
Uranium Energy Corporation Sweetwater Uranium Inc. Isr Sweetwater, Wyoming 4,100,000 partially permitted and licensed partially permitted and licensed      
Uranium Energy Corporation Willow Creek Project (Ludeman, Christensen Ranch And Irigaray) Campbell and Johnson, Wyoming 1,300,000 operating operating      
Total production capacity 35,600,000
Notes: Production capacity for the first-quarter of 2026. An operating status of operating indicates the in-situ recovery plant usually was producing uranium concentrate at the end of the period. Hobson ISR Plant processed uranium concentrate that came from La Palangana. Hobson and La Palangana are part of the same project. ISR stands for in-situ recovery. Ludeman, Christensen Ranch and Irigaray are part of the Willow Creek Project. Uranerz Energy has a tolling arrangement with Cameco Resources. Uranium is first processed at the Nichols Ranch plant and then transported to the Smith Ranch-Highland Operation plant for final processing into uranium concentrate. CPP stands for central processing plant.
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-851A, Domestic Uranium Production Report (Annual), and Form EIA-851Q, Domestic Uranium Production Report (Quarterly)