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Uranium Resources
Uranium Markets
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Production from world uranium mines has in recent years supplied 90% of the requirements of power utilities. Primary production from mines is supplemented by secondary supplies, principally by ex...
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Supply of Uranium
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Uranium is a relatively common metal, found in rocks and seawater. Economic concentrations of it are not uncommon.
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Uranium Resources
Geology of Uranium Deposits
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Uranium occurs in a number of different igneous, hydrothermal and sedimentary geological environments. The major primary ore mineral is uraninite or pitchblende, though a range of other uran...
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Military Warheads as a Source of Nuclear Fuel
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Weapons-grade uranium and plutonium is being made available for use as civil fuel. Highly-enriched uranium from weapons stockpiles met about 13% of world reactor requirements through to 2013.
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Uranium Resources
Uranium and Depleted Uranium
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The basic fuel for a nuclear power reactor is uranium. Uranium occurs naturally in the Earth's crust and is mildly radioactive. Depleted uranium is a by-product from uranium enrichment.
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Uranium from Phosphates
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Rock phosphate deposits contain many million tonnes of uranium, which may be extracted as a by-product of making fertilizers. The process because uneconomic in the 1990s, but process improvements and ...
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Uranium From Rare Earths Deposits
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A large amount of uranium is in rare earths deposits, and may be extracted as a by-product. Higher uranium prices and geopolitical developments would enhance the economic potential for recovering thes...
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The Cosmic Origins of Uranium
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The Earth's uranium has been thought to be produced in one or more supernovae over 6 billion years ago. More recent research suggests it could also be created through the merger of neutron stars. ...
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