Patterns and Features of Global Uranium Resources and Production

2017 3rd International Conference on Energy, Environment and Materials Science

能源学;生态环境科学;材料科学

Wang, Feifei^1 ; Song, Zisheng^2 ; Cheng, Xianghu^1 ; Huanhuan, M.A.^1

State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University, Xi'an

710069, China^1

No. 272 Geological Team of Guangxi, Nanning

530028, China^2

关键词: Clean and low-carbon energies;    Distribution of uraniums;    Distribution patterns;    Economic benefits;    Environmental damage;    Mining technology;    Uranium resources;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/94/1/012120/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/94/1/012120

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

With the entry into force of the Paris Agreement, the development of clean and low-carbon energy has become the consensus of the world. Nuclear power is one energy that can be vigorously developed today and in the future. Its sustainable development depends on a sufficient supply of uranium resources. It is of great practical significance to understand the distribution pattern of uranium resources and production. Based on the latest international authoritative reports and data, this paper analysed the distribution of uranium resources, the distribution of resources and production in the world, and the developing tendency in future years. The results show that the distribution of uranium resources is uneven in the world, and the discrepancies between different type deposits is very large. Among them, sandstone-type uranium deposits will become the main type owing to their advantages of wide distribution, minor environmental damage, mature mining technology and high economic benefit.