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Uranium resources

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The global uranium resources with mining costs up to US $ 130 per kilogram amount to about 3.3 million tonnes. With 3.3 million tonnes, all 439 world-wide operating nuclear power plants can be supplied for several decades. The deposits with large uranium reserves which can be mined in a cost-effective way are distributed to many countries.

Country

Uranium
mining
in tonnes

Australia

725,000 t

Brazil

157,400 t

Canada

329,200 t

Kazakhstan

378,100 t

South Africa

284,400 t

Namibia

176,400 t

Niger

243,100 t

Russia

172,400 t

Ukraine

135,000 t

Uzbekistan

72,400 t

USA

339,000 t

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