nukem or nukem technologies . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message nukem energy gmbh industry nuclear fuel founded 1 april 1960 1960 04 01 as nuklear chemie und metallurgie gmbh founder degussa rio tinto mallinckrodt headquarters alzenau germany parent cameco website www.nukem.de nukem gmbh together with its subsidiary nukem inc. markets nuclear fuel components and speciality products utilities worldwide . since the 1970s nukem has transitioned from playing a modest role in uranium brokerage to becoming one of the world s largest intermediaries in the international nuclear fuel market . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit nukem was established in 1960 by degussa rio tinto and mallinckrodt . in 1965 rwe acquired 25 % of shares . effective april 1 2006 the private equity firm advent international has taken over nukem . in 2007 nukem sold its subsidiaries nukem ltd. to freyssinet sas nukem corp. to energysolutions nis ingenieure and assistance nucleaire s.a. to siempelkamp . on 14 december 2009 nukem sold its subsidiary nukem technologies which is dealing with nuclear power plant decommissioning waste management and engineering servicesn to russian atomstroyexport for 23.5 million . 1 in 2012 the company was acquired by cameco . 2 operations edit the company markets nuclear fuel components to utilities in north and south america western europe and the far east . references edit atomstroyexport buys npp decommissioning technology . kommersant . ria novosti . 2009 12 25 . retrieved 2009 12 26 . cameco to buy nukem energy . world nuclear news . 2012 05 14 . retrieved 2012 05 15 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nukem energy & oldid 675800121 categories nuclear fuel companiesnuclear technology in germanycompanies of germanycompanies based in bavariahidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 12 august 2015 at 19 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view