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The future of nuclear energy: Facts and fiction Chapter II: What is known about secundary uranium resources?
| Auteur | M.Dittmar, IPP |
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6-01-2-20-96.pdf |
| Datum | augustus 2009 |
| Classificatie | 6.01.2.20/96 (URANIUM - WINNING/VOORRAAD/PRIJS) |
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Uit de publicatie:
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