Uranium Production And Raw Materials For The Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Proceedings of an International Synposium on Uranium production and raw materials for the nuclear fuel cycle supply and demand, economics, the environment and energy security organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency in cooperation with the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, the World Nuclear Association, the Nuclear Energy Institute and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, held in Vienna, 20-24 June 2005. With Corrigendum (1p.: 30 cm)

This IAEA symposium is a third in a series which began in 2000 to discuss issues related to uranium raw materials. The symposia covered all areas of the uranium production cycle including uranium geology, exploration, mining; milling and refining of uranium concentrates; and safety, environmental, social, training and regulatory issues and reported on uranium supply and demand, and market scenarios.

"The International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Matters (URAM-2018) was held in Vienna on 25-29 June 2018. The purpose of the symposium was to analyse uranium supply-demand scenarios and to present and discuss new developments in uranium geology, exploration, mining, milling and processing, as well as environmental requirements for uranium operations and site decommissioning. This publication provides a summary of the conference, keynote presentations, the major findings and conclusions of the sessions, and the opening and closing addresses. The accompanying supplementary files, available on-line, include the individual technical papers" --from the Foreword.

These proceedings present the outcome of an IAEA symposium covering all areas of the uranium production cycle -- including uranium geology, exploration, mining; milling and refining of uranium concentrates; and safety, environmental, social, training and regulatory issues -- and report on uranium supply and demand, and market scenarios. The meeting demonstrated that uranium industry and practitioners were taking a lead in developing innovative solutions in exploration and production which are expected to keep the costs low, while achieving high performance in health, safety and environmental performance. New initiatives like innovative financing, 'smart mines', integrated exploration, and 'wealth from wastes' were extensively discussed in the symposium. The publication includes the summaries of the individual sessions, the opening address, a summary of the panel discussion, the closing keynote addresses and the conference president's concluding remarks. The technical papers based on the majority of the oral and poster papers are available on the CD-ROM in the back of this book.

The URAM-2023 Proceedings cover a range of relevant topics in the uranium production cycle from uranium exploration, through mining, milling, processing, and decommissioning and remediation of uranium production cycle facilities. This publication provides a summary of the symposium including: the opening addresses; the essay contest for students and early career professionals; 10 tracks from the technical sessions; 2 panel sessions; the closing addresses; conference secretariat and programme committee, and a list of the papers and posters. The intended audience includes exploration and mining geologists, engineers, operators, regulators, fuel cycle specialists, government officials, researchers and students.