Uranium 2007
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Uranium 2007

Resources, Production and Demand

Based on official information received from 40 countries, Uranium 2007 provides a comprehensive review of world uranium supply and demand as of 1st January 2007, as well as data on global uranium exploration, resources, production and reactor-related requirements. It provides substantive new information from major uranium production centres in Africa, Australia, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and North America. Projections of nuclear generating capacity and reactor-related uranium requirements through 2030 are also featured, along with an analysis of long-term uranium supply and demand issues. It finds that with rising demand and declining inventories, uranium prices have increased dramatically in recent years. As a result, the uranium industry is undergoing a significant revival, bringing to an end a period of over 20 years of underinvestment.
Date de publication :
04 juin 2008
DOI :
10.1787/uranium-2007-en
 
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Auteur(s):
OCDE, Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique (AIEA)
Pages :
283–288
DOI :
10.1787/uranium-2007-33-en

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The first uranium-radium deposits in Portugal were found in 1907 and the first mining concession (Rosmaneira) was granted in 1909, although it was Urgeiriça that became the first producing mine in 1913. Radium at Urgeiriça was mined until 1944 (it is estimated that the production of 50 g of radium resulted in a loss of 500 tU) and uranium was mined between 1944 and 1951. Between 1945 and 1962 a foreign privately owned enterprise, Companhia Portuguesa de Radium (CPR) extracted and processed ores from Urgeiriça and other mines in the Beira Alta (Central Portugal) region. CPR also carried out radiometric surveys, detailed geological mapping, trenching and extensive core drilling with gamma ray logging. All the targets were located in the Beiras granitic formations of Hercynian age.
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