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- 2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report
 , U.S. DOE EIA, May 2022 (721kB PDF  )
[U.S. domestic uranium production in 2021 was 8 t!]
- Domestic Uranium Production Report - Quarterly, First-quarter 2022 , May 4, 2022
- ICRP Publication 151: Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides: Part 5 , ICRP 2022
- Milestones in the Development of National Infrastructure for the Uranium Production Cycle , IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NF-G-1.1, IAEA Preprint 2021 (5.1MB PDF )
- Kazatomprom: Integrated Annual Report 2021 (7.6MB PDF )
- Uranatlas - Daten und Fakten über den Rohstoff des Atomzeitalters , April 2022 [Second edition - in German
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- Orano: Annual Activity Report 2021 (3.1MB PDF )
- Evaluation of In-Service Radon Barriers over Uranium Mill Tailings Disposal Facilities, NUREG/CR-7288, U.S. NRC, March 2022: Vol. 1 (105MB PDF ) · Vol. 2 (Appendices) (18MB PDF )
- Cameco: 2021 Annual Report (5.8MB PDF )
- Denison Mines Corp.: Annual Report 2021 (7.3MB PDF )
- Energy Resources of Australia Ltd: Annual Report 2021 (3.8MB PDF )
- Urenco: Urananreicherungsanlage Gronau und Zentrifugenforschung Jülich - Gefährdung für Atomausstieg und Frieden Sofa (Sofortiger Atomausstieg) Münster, 2. aktualisierte Aufl., März 2022 (682kB PDF - in German)
- Ageing Management for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities , IAEA SAFETY REPORTS SERIES No. 118, Preprint, Mar. 2022 (2.8MB PDF )
- The Business of Radioactive Waste , How one Utah uranium mill on the doorstep of Bears Ears National Monument became America's cheapest radioactive waste dump, Grand Canyon Trust, March 2022 (23.1MB PDF )
[report on White Mesa (Utah) uranium mill's alternate feed processing and waste disposal business]
- Urenco Annual Report 2021 (4.4MB PDF )
- 2021 Annual Site Inspection and Monitoring Report for Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act Title I Disposal Sites , U.S. DOE Legacy Management, March 2022 (35.8MB PDF )
- Implementation of Radiation Management Plan, Annual Report for Rössing Uranium Limited 2020 (3.5MB PDF )
- Methodologies for Seismic Soil–Structure Interaction Analysis in the Design and Assessment of Nuclear Installations , IAEA-TECDOC-1990, Feb. 2022 (4.1MB PDF )
- Domestic Uranium Production Report, Fourth-Quarter 2021 , U.S. DOE EIA, Feb. 2022
[U.S. domestic uranium production almost doubled from 2 t in third quarter to 3.8 t!]
- Assessment of the Impact of Radioactive Discharges to the Environment, Volume 1: Screening Assessment of Public Exposure for Planned Exposure Situations , Safety Report Series No. 113, Preprint, IAEA 2021 (14.2MB PDF )
- Criticality Safety in the Handling of Fissile Material , (Revision of SSG-27) DS 516, Draft Specific Safety Guide, Preprint, IAEA 2021 (2.5MB PDF )
- The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium , Technical Reports Series No. 488, Preprint, IAEA 2021 (12.6M PDF )
- IAEA Preprint Repository
- Atlas de l'Uranium - Faits et données relatifs à la matière première de l'ère atomique (Édition française
 )
Note: for the English edition, see: Uranium Atlas 
Note: for the German edition, see: Uranatlas
- Uranium Mine Feasibility Overview
[list summarizing feasibility of uranium mine projects all over the world]
- Now available for free download:
ICRP Publication 141: Occupational intakes of radionuclides: Part 4 , ICRP, 2019
[covers actinium (Ac), protactinium (Pa), neptunium (Np), plutonium (Pu), americium (Am), a number of rare earths elements, and others; Supplemental Material contains an expanded Data Viewer for Windows]
Note: for uranium and many of its decay products, see:
ICRP Publication 137: Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides: Part 3 , ICRP, 2017
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Crow Butte, Nebraska:
Feb. 16, 2022: Evaporation Pond 1 liner leak
Dec. 14, 2021: Evaporation Pond 1 liner leak
Sep. 22, 2020: Injection well fails 5-year mechanical integrity test
May 29, 2020: Monitor well excursion
May 21, 2020: Monitor well excursion
Mar. 3, 2020: Production well fails 5-year mechanical integrity test
Jan. 31, 2020: Production well fails 5-year mechanical integrity test
Jan. 2, 2020: Evaporation Pond 1 liner leak
Aug. 22, 2019: Monitor well excursion
July 11, 2019: Production well fails 5-year mechanical integrity test
June 24, 2019: Production well fails 5-year mechanical integrity test
June 5, 2019: Monitor well excursion
May 29, 2019: Evaporation Pond 1 liner leak
May 2, 2019: Monitor well excursion
Apr. 18, 2019: Monitor well excursion
Apr. 9, 2019: Monitor well excursion
Mar. 27, 2019: Monitor well excursion
Mar. 25, 2019: Monitor well excursion
Nov. 28, 2018: Monitor well excursion
June 1, 2018: Monitor well excursion
Sep. 12, 2017: 27,287 gallon spill of injection solution
Aug. 29, 2017: Monitor well excursion
July 27, 2017: Production well fails 5-year mechanical integrity test
Mar. 14, 2017: Injection well fails 5-year mechanical integrity test
Ross, Wyoming:
post Sep. 30, 2018: withheld *)
Aug. 9, 2017: 4,316 gallon spill of injection fluid
July 27, 2017: 10,008 gallon spill of injection fluid
May 25, 2017: 800 gallon spill of injection fluid
Feb. 28, 2017: Samples taken from Pond 1 Monitor Well in exceedance of limits
Nichols Ranch, Wyoming:
post Sep. 30, 2018: withheld *)
Jun. 12, 2017: 4,500 gallon spill of injection fluid (< 1 mg/L U)
Lost Creek, Wyoming:
post Sep. 30, 2018: withheld *)
Aug. 16, 2018: monitor well on excursion
Jul. 28, 2018: 1,625 gallon spill of production fluid (84 mg/L U3O8)
Jun. 21, 2018: monitor well on excursion
Apr. 5-7, 2018: bleed rate lower than 0.5% requirement
Oct. 9, 2017: monitor well on excursion
Sep. 5, 2017: 10,000 gallon spill of injection fluid (1.1 ppm U)
Aug. 19, 2017: 188,000 gallon [712 m3] spill of injection fluid (1.2 mg/L U)
May 22, 2017: 1,100 gallon spill of injection fluid (1.5 mg/L U)
Feb. 6, 2017: 3,360 gallon spill of injection fluid (0.5 ppm U)
Jan. 9, 2017: 3,654 gallon spill of injection fluid (1.3 ppm U)
Smith Ranch, Wyoming:
post Sep. 30, 2018: withheld *)
Oct. 19, 2017: 533 gallon spill of restoration recovery fluid (4.2 ppm U)
PRI Highland, Wyoming:
post Sep. 30, 2018: withheld *)
Mar. 16, 2014: 8,916 gallon spill of injection fluid (1 ppm U)
North Butte, Wyoming:
post Sep. 30, 2018: withheld *)
May 7, 2018: monitor well on excursion
Nov. 17, 2017: two monitor wells on excursion
Willow Creek (ex Christensen Ranch/Irigaray), Wyoming:
post Sep. 30, 2018: withheld *)
Aug. 6, 2018: 4,130 gallon spill of recovery fluid (9.6 ppm U3O8)
June 29, 2018: Monitor well placed on excursion status
Aug. 9, 2017: 7,400 gallon spill of production fluid (8.9 ppm U)
Jul. 25, 2017: 5,000 gallon spill of injection fluid (1.1 ppm U) and production fluid (9.7 ppm U)
May 24, 2017: 3,600 gallon spill of injection fluid (0.41 - 0.81 ppm U)
Muyunkum (Moinkum), Kazakhstan:
Nov. 25, 2011: spill of 240 cubic metres of production solution, after pipeline was severed by truck
Beverley, South Australia:
Feb. 28, 2012: spill of 30 - 34 cubic metres
Beverley North, South Australia:
Feb. 20, 2016: 8980 L barren injection solution spill
Honeymoon, South Australia:
July 10, 2012: fumes observed emanating from the dry hopper in the Drying and Packaging controlled area
Jan. 6, 2012: 30 cubic metre spill of injection solution (2 mg/L U3O8)
*) On September 30, 2018, Wyoming became an agreement state with the NRC, assuming regulatory authority over uranium in situ leach mining, uranium milling and mill tailings on its territory. Spill reports from Wyoming ISL sites, therefore, no longer appear in NRC's ADAMS document system, while the state has not set up a comparable document system of its own.
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"After recovery of uranium in the mill, bulk of the material processed emerges as tailings. Its radioactivity content is very low. It is not correct to state that radioactive matter, which is highly toxic in nature, is present in the tailings pond".
(Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on the radioactivity content in the tailings pond at the UCIL uranium mine at Tummalapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India, in: New Indian Express, Sep. 12, 2021)
"It is a misunderstanding that uranium mining can cause radioactivity. It is not true because uranium gets radioactive only when it is enriched. Otherwise, uranium is just like any other soil as it has got no radiation"
(TP Sreenivasan, former Governor for India of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in The Shillong Times, Sep. 25, 2017)
"We extract ... uranium from the formation and send it to atomic reactors, so we are actually purifying the subsoil from heavy metals."
(Kazatomprom senior manager Kalilallo Baytasov on groundwater impacts of uranium in situ leaching in Kazakhstan, in: Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 28, 2013)
"Two thirds of the earth's surface is water... the rest we can process"
(Motto of MDM Engineering Group Limited , contractor to gold/uranium miners Gold One International Ltd and Gold Fields Ltd)
"Interviewed, URANEX Public Relation Officer Nyero Godwin denied the allegations, contending that the type of uranium that would be extracted was in “salt form”, insisting that no person would be affected."
(referring to health problems, in particular from dust, attributed to uranium exploration performed by Uranex NL in Bahi and Manyoni districts, in: The Guardian, Tanzania, Oct. 8, 2011)
"the deputy minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr Adam Malima, said the mining activities would not have any impact on the people since the minerals would only be produced in their raw form"
(referring to uranium mining projects in Bahi and Manyoni districts in Tanzania, in: The Citizen, August 15, 2011)
"With regard to tailings, tailings are in fact a potential future resource so I think there's a considerable incentive to manage the tailings in a very good way with that in mind."
(Michael Angwin of the Australian Uranium Association referring to the uranium mill tailings from a proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam uranium mine, ABC Aug. 5, 2011)
"Another woman said Arizona Mine Inspector Joe Hart of Kingman told her the mining process would make the environment cleaner."
(Mohave Daily News, July 7, 2011, reporting on meeting of Mohave County Board of Supervisors, before it voted to support rather than ban uranium mining near the Grand Canyon)
"No, that's not radioactive, you can't say that. This is water that indeed contains radium, a certain number of products [...]"
(François Sublime, technical director of Areva's subsidiary COMUF responsible for reclamation of the Mounana uranium mine site, Gabon, referring to the water covering the uranium mill tailings dam; RFI May 28, 2011)
"Mining is a 24 hour operation and cannot be stopped as a result of a shortage of available dust masks"
(Johan De Bruin, geology superintendent of Paladin's Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi, Nyasa Times Sep. 25, 2010)
"at the mine we focus on production matters"
(Mr. Werner Duvenhage, Managing Director Langer Heinrich, Paladin Energy Africa, September 2010, in an email communication with WISE Amsterdam, denying request for information and site visit)
"This is like a water clean up project, and we are going to sell the by-product on"
(Powertech project manager Mark Hollenbeck on the Dewey-Burdock in situ leach uranium mining project, South Dakota Public Broadcasting Apr. 5, 2010)
"We're taking the uranium out of the ground, we're exporting it to be used for productive purposes, so we should be getting a medal for cleaning up the environment."
(Neville Huxham, Malawi country director for Paladin Energy Africa, operator of the Kayelekera uranium mine, IPS Aug. 24, 2009)
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