Assessing the potential production of uranium from coal-ash milling in the long term

Antoine Monnet, Jacques Percebois and Sophie Gabriel

Resources Policy, 2015, vol. 45, issue C, 173-182

Abstract: Uranium-bearing coal deposits are occasionally mentioned as a potential source of supply for nuclear fuels. The production of uranium from coal-ash has remained sub-economic for decades, but the emergence of new projects has once again raised a number of questions. How much coal-ash do we have? Are the coal deposits all rich in uranium? Can the uranium content always be recovered?

Keywords: Uranium; Unconventional resources; Coal by-product; Coal-ash (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q13 Q32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2015.04.005

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