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3. Uranium mining
Please refer to the article "Production of natural uranium concentrates".
Uranium mining is similar to the mining of metal ores, but with some special features:
radioactivity of ores, which plays an important role in favor of mining; in fact, measuring radioactivity gives a good picture of the distribution of grades and helps guide mining at all stages;
radioactivity of ore and dust and the presence of radon, particularly in the atmosphere of underground workings, exposing personnel to internal and external radiation requiring special detection and protection measures;
monitoring of uranium and radium content in discharged mine water.
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Uranium mining
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Within the reasonably assured resources, we determine the quantities recoverable at different costs. In this case, the cost range below $40/ kg U, which corresponds approximately to the price of uranium in 1997, and the cost range between $40 and $80/ kg U, which may become attractive in the future, are selected.
From 1979 to 1994, the price of uranium on the spot market fell from US$43 to US$6 per...
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