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Uranium Resources, Production and Demand 1989 (1990)

AuthorNEA, IAEA
Date1990
Classification 6.01.2.20/66 (URANIUM - MINING / PRODUCTION / STOCKS / PRICES)
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PREFACE

Since the mid-1960s, with the co-operation of their Member countries, the OECD 
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 
have periodically published joint reports on world uranium resources, production 
and demand, commonly known as the "Red Book". This edition is the thirteenth in 
the series. A brief interim version was published in 1988 based on information up 
to 1st January 1987.

The contents of this publication have been prepared on the basis of data solicited 
through questionnaires sent by NEA to its Member countries and by the IAEA to 
those of its Member countries that are not Members of the OECD and to certain 
additional U.N. Member countries. Although some countries prepared comprehensive 
national reports which are presented essentially in their original form (Chapter VI), 
a number of these reports were prepared by each Agency on the basis of the 
questionnaire responses it had received. Preparation of the remaining chapters of 
the report was divided equally between the two Agencies, with NEA's responsibilities 
been carried out under the direction of the NEA Uranium Group.

This report, based on data available on 1st January 1989, reviews the uranium supply 
position throughout the World Outside Centrally Planned Economies Areas (WOCA) 
by evaluating and compiling data on uranium resources, past and present production, 
and plans for future production. The data, provided by over 40 countries, are then 
compared with possible future reactor related uranium requirements. Recent levels 
of exploration for uranium are also reported and analysed.

Some information on short-term uranium demand has been provided by national 
authorities in response to the questionnaires up to the year 2005. Longer-term 
projections of uranium demand were provided by two NEA Working Groups, on 
Long-Term Forecasting of Electricity Generation and on Reactor Strategies and 
their Uranium Requirements.

A statistical report confirming the historical data and updating the short-term 
forecasts will be published in 1990. The reader will find after page 358 an order 
form to receive a free copy of the "Statistical Update 1990".

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