位于英格兰的切斯特地区附近的卡彭赫斯特气体扩散厂与美国的橡树岭、朴茨茅斯和帕杜卡等气体扩散厂十分相似。该厂建于本世纪50年代初,是欧洲最大的工业建筑物(长1公里,宽150米)。它原本是为英国国防部生产高浓铀而建设的。该厂已于1982年关闭,因为气体扩散法不再是经济的铀浓缩方法。自1982年起,英国核燃料有限 The Capenhurst Gas Diffusion Plant near the Chester area in England is very similar to the Gas Diffusion Plant in the United States such as Oak Ridge, Portsmouth and Padua. The plant was built in the early 1950s and is the largest industrial building in Europe (1 km long and 150 m wide). It was originally built for the British Ministry of Defense to produce highly enriched uranium. The plant was closed in 1982 because the gas diffusion method is no longer an economic uranium enrichment method. Since 1982, Britain has limited nuclear fuel