Uranium resources in China's phosphate rocks _ identifying low-hanging fruits

3rd International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection

能源学;生态环境科学

Ye, Yiyang^1 ; Al-Khaledi, Nahhar^2^3 ; Barker, Lee^4 ; Darwish, Mohamed S.^5 ; El Naggar, Ahmed M.A.^5 ; El-Yahyaoui, Adil^6 ; Hussein, Ahmed^7 ; Hussein, El-Sayed^7 ; Shang, Delei^1 ; Taha, Mohamed^7 ; Zheng, Yanhua^1 ; Zhong, Jun^8 ; Haneklaus, Nils^9

Tsinghua University, Beijing

100084, China^1

Wuhan University, Wuhan

430072, China^2

Radiation Protection Department, Ministry of Health, Kuwait^3

Sparton Resources Inc., Toronto, Canada^4

Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt^5

CNESTEN, Route Principale, Rabat

10001, Morocco^6

Nuclear Materials Authority, El-Maadi-Kattamiya Road, Cairo, Egypt^7

Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, Beijing

100029, China^8

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen

52072, Germany^9

关键词: Agricultural soils;    Chinese companies;    Fertilizer production;    International atomic energy agency;    Uranium concentration;    Uranium contents;    Uranium resources;    Uranium supplies;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/227/5/052033/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/227/5/052033

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

China is rapidly increasing its nuclear power fleet of light water reactors and will as a result need more and more uranium fuel. For now, Beijing is following a strategy known as 'three third rule' when it comes to the nation's uranium supply: 1/3 of the uranium comes from domestic mining, 1/3 is obtained through direct international trade, and 1/3 is provided by Chinese companies mining abroad. To date, China has approximately 5% of world's identified primary uranium resources (U.S.$ 100 ppm) uranium content exist in China, and are identified here. Uranium recovered from these deposits, and uranium recovered from imported phosphate rocks processed in China may support domestic uranium mining and as a result energy security of the Middle Kingdom.