Tag: Uranium
U.S. uranium production, prices, and employment all fell in 2016
Uranium industry employment has now fallen in four consecutive years, from 2012 to 2016, reaching 560 employees in 2016 Production of U.S. uranium concentrate decreased 40 per cent between 2014 and 2016 to 2.9 million pounds U3O8 in 2016, the lowest annual total since 2005, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Uranium production has […]
US uranium production lowest since 2005
Most uranium loaded into US nuclear power reactors is imported US production of uranium concentrate (U3O8) totaled 2.9 million pounds in 2016, 13 per cent lower than the uranium produced in 2015 and the lowest annual US production since 2005, according to the US Energy Information Administration. US uranium concentrate production in 2016 was less than 7 per […]
Secretary Moniz announces removal of all highly enriched uranium from Poland
HEU spent fuel was loaded into seventeen Russian TUK-19 specialized spent nuclear fuel transportation casks VIENNA – At the 60th IAEA General Conference, US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz today announced that the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), in cooperation with Poland, the Russian Federation and the International Atomic Energy Agency […]
Spent US nuclear fuel has grown significantly since 1960s – EIA
Nearly all US spent nuclear fuel is currently stored on-site at commercial nuclear power plants As nuclear electricity generation has continued to increase, the inventory of discharged spent fuel from nuclear reactors has grown steadily since the 1970s, according to the U.S Energy Information Administration. The EIA recently released data from its Nuclear Fuel Data […]
Kazakhstan becomes main source of uranium for American nuclear reactors
Kazakhstan bumps Canada from top spot as uranium supplier to US Kazakhstan became the leading supplier of uranium for the 100 operating US nuclear power reactors in 2014, supplying 12 million pounds, or 23 per cent, of the 53.3 million pounds of uranium to American operators. This level is almost double the 6.5 million pounds […]
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