In the exploration and subsequent recovery of mineral resources, which in some countries constitute an important part of the national wealth, nuclear techniques play a significant role. They have, for example, been successfully used for a number of years in underground and surface exploration, in laboratory analysis, in process control and in studie…
WORLD URANIUM RESOURCES, PRODUCTION AND DEMAND.
Reasonably assured resources of uranium in WOCA (World Outside the Centrally
Plannned Economies Area) countries recoverable at less than US $80/kg U increased by about 9%
between 1983 and 1985 and currently stand at 1.5 million tonnes. Uranium also exists in
si…