project, and established a facility that produced highly enriched uranium (HEU). Within a short span of time he established a highly advanced uranium enrichment facility near Islamabad. Namibia In May 1985, the United Nations Council for Namibia (UNCN) decided to take legal action against Urenco for breaching UNCN Decree No 1, which prohibited any exploitation of Namibia's natural resources under apartheid South Africa, because Urenco had been importing uranium ore from the Rössing mine in Namibia. The case was expected to be ready by the end of 1985 but was delayed because Urenco argued that, despite having enriched uranium of Namibian origin since 1980, it was impossible to tell where specific consignments came from. When the case finally reached court in July 1986, the Dutch government took Urenco's line, claiming not to have known where the uranium had been mined. Uranium tails contracts with Russia According to Greenpeace, Urenco has a contract with Russia for the disposal of radioactive waste. In reality, these contracts do not relate to the disposal of waste, but to the sale of depleted uranium tails, which are re-enriched to natural uranium equivalent. As the enricher, Russia would be the owner of any radioactive waste that results from this process. In March 2009, there were protests about the largest-ever load of depleted uranium hexafluoride () being transported from Germany to the Siberian town Seversk. References External links Nuclear fuel companies Nuclear technology companies of Germany Nuclear technology companies of the United Kingdom Nuclear technology in the Netherlands Government-owned companies of the United Kingdom Government-owned companies of the Netherlands E.ON RWE Companies based in Buckinghamshire South Bucks District