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The future of nuclear energy: Facts and fiction Chapter II: What is known about secundary uranium resources?
Author | M.Dittmar, IPP |
6-01-2-20-96.pdf | |
Date | August 2009 |
Classification | 6.01.2.20/96 (URANIUM - MINING / PRODUCTION / STOCKS / PRICES) |
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The Future of Nuclear Energy: Facts and Fiction Chapter II: What is known about Secondary Uranium Resources? arXiv:0908.3075v1 [physics.soc-ph] 21 Aug 2009 Michael Dittmar∗, Institute of Particle Physics, ETH, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland August 21, 2009 Abstract During 2009 nuclear power plants, with a capacity of 370 GWe, will produce roughly 14% of the worldwide electric energy. About 65000 tons of natural uranium equivalent are required to operate these reactors. For 15 years on average only 2/3 of this fuel is provided by the ura- nium mines and 1/3 comes from secondary resources. According to the International Atomic Energy Administration (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the secondary uranium resources will be essentially exhausted during the next 5-10 years. In this paper the situation concerning the secondary resources at the beginning of the year 2009 i