Several restricted sites are located on the east side of the Great Salt Lake near Ogden, Utah. One of these is the Zirconium Plant owned by Westinghouse - the world's leading supplier of nuclear fuel products and services. The 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.
Westinghouse does not appreciate visitors or allow photography. After leaving the site I was followed and stopped by security from the facility who questioned me in regard to 'Homeland Security', and escorted me away from the area.
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