Global construction company Bechtel has won a contract to help Urenco increase capacity at all four of its uranium enrichment sites around the globe.

Urenco said the contract is part of a major plan to bolster worldwide energy security and low-carbon power and will allow it to meet increasing customer demand in the long-term as more countries and utility companies turn to nuclear energy for the first time – or seek to extend or diversify their existing supplies of nuclear fuel.