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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