Uranium
Uranium as a commodity is closely tied with developments in:
- Energy industries
- Environmental issues
- Federal government policies
In addition to the Commodities webpages on this Mineral Commodities research guide, federal and regulatory websites are good places to start for information on uranium as a commodity and the uranium industries.
Yellow cake uranium, NRC
Uranium -- United States
- Integrated Uranium Resource and Environmental AssessmentUSGS. Includes links to publications and data sets
- Nuclear & Uranium, US Energy Information Administration (EIA)Current issues, data, analyses and projections
- Uranium Mines & Mills Location DatabaseEPA. Tracks potential hazards of past uranium mining in the US
- USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS)
MRDS is a collection of reports describing metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.
National Uranium Resource Evaluation program (NURE). Publications and data sets from this program are published through a variety of organizations including:
- National Geochemical DatabaseUSGS. Data set formats supporting the NSSR
- NURE Trace Element Investigations (TEI)e-Publications from the USGS Publications Warehouse
- NURE: Trace Element Memorandum (TEM)e-Publications from the USGS Publications Warehouse
Uranium -- International
- Nuclear Fuel CycleInternational Atomic Energy Agency. The site includes news items, publications, and information on uranium production and environmental topics
- World Distribution of Uranium Deposits (UDEPO)IAEA. Includes uranium deposits, statistics, country reports
- Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)OEDC. Includes news items, links to publications, data. Publishes a biennial "Uranium: Resources, Production and Demand" (Uranium Redbook).
- USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS)MRDS is a collection of reports describing metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.
More on the Uranium Industry
- Uranium Industry Annual byCall Number: E 3.46/5:Publication Date: Annual seriesIssues 1984-2002 available online
Uranium by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 9781509510719Publication Date: 2017-07-03Anthony Burke explores the geopolitical intrigue around uranium and the dilemmas of justice and security to which its development has given rise.
Economics of Uranium by Call Number: HD9539.U7 E36 1991ISBN: 0862143292Publication Date: 1991Dated, but provides detailed historical statistics to 1991
Uranium and the Environment
Uranium in the Environment by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 3540283676Publication Date: 2006-01-16In September 2002 scientists working on the topic of uranium mining and hydrogeology attended the third conference (UMH III) which was jointly held together with the International Mine Water - sociation (IMWA) Symposium 2002.
Uranium, Mining and Hydrogeology by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 3540877460Publication Date: 2008-09-30Emphasised: Uranium mining, Phosphate mining, mine closure and remediation, Uranium in groundwater and in bedrock, biogeochemistry of Uranium, environmental behavior, and modeling.- Uranium, its impact on the national and global energy mix : and its history, distribution, production, nuclear fuel-cycle, future, and relation to the environment byCall Number: Available OnlinePublication Date: 1997
