Uranium 2011: Resources, Production and Demand

In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, questions are being raised about the future of the uranium market, including as regards the number of reactors expected to be built in the coming years, the amount of uranium required to meet forward demand, the adequacy of identified uranium resources to meet that demand and the ability of the sector to meet reactor requirements in a challenging investment climate. This 24th edition of the "Red Book", a recognised world reference on uranium jointly prepared by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency, provides analyses and information from 42 producing and consuming countries in order to address these and other questions. It offers a comprehensive review of world uranium supply and demand as well as data on global uranium exploration, resources, production and reactor-related requirements. It also provides substantive new information on established uranium production centres around the world and in countries developing production centres for the first time. Projections of nuclear generating capacity and reactor-related requirements through 2035, incorporating policy changes following the Fukushima accident, are also featured, along with an analysis of long-term uranium supply and demand issues.

Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Executive summary; Resources; Exploration; Production; Environmental aspects of uranium production; Uranium demand; Supply and demand relationship; Conclusions; Chapter 1. Uranium supply; Uranium resources; Identified conventional resources; Distribution of identified conventional resources by categories and cost ranges; Distribution of resources by production method; Distribution of resources by processing method; Distribution of resources by deposit type; Proximity of resources to production centres; Additional conventional resources

Undiscovered resourcesOther resources and materials; Recent developments in uranium extraction from phosphate rocks; Recent developments in uranium extraction from black shales; Other potential sources; Uranium from seawater; Thorium; Uranium exploration; Current activities and recent developments; North America; Central and South America; European Union; Europe (non EU); Africa; Middle East, Central and Southern Asia; South-eastern Asia; East Asia; Pacific; Uranium production; Present status of uranium production; Ownership; Employment; Production methods; Projected production capabilities

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