This volume is the fourteenth of the series “Chemical Thermodynamics” published by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. It is the second update of the critical reviews published, successively, in 1992 as Chemical Thermodynamics of Uranium, in 1995 as Chemical Thermodynamics of Americium, in 1999...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Part 1 Unparalleled Power -- Terminal -- The Race for the Ultimate Weapon -- Uranium Monopoly and the Division of Europe -- The Erzgebirge and the Soviet Uranium Gap -- Notes -- Part 2 The Erzgebirge Region -- The Silver Mines and...

The increase of the use of atomic power in some emerging economies, in particular South Korea and China, has revitalized a discussion regarding the availability of uranium resources. Despite the fact that global uranium resources are more than sufficient to supply reactor-related demand for the...

The Governing Uranium project is a global research effort studying the implications of a changing uranium market, specifically the production, processing and transport of uranium ore concentrates (UOC), commonly referred to as "yellowcake". In total, 15 uranium producing and consuming countries...