International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (URAM-2018)

Mapping the World Distribution of Uranium Deposits

27 Jun 2018, 16:20

20m

Vienna

ORAL Track 4. Advances in exploration Advances in Exploration

Speaker

Martin Fairclough (International Atomic Energy Agency)

Description

Since the publication of the first edition of the IAEA map - World Distribution of Uranium Deposits - more than 2 decades ago, the knowledge of the distribution of different types of uranium deposits has advanced significantly. This has allowed the creation of a more sophisticated and comprehensive database of world uranium deposits (UDEPO). Increased insights, such as a new deposit-type classification scheme, additional new discoveries as well as disaggregation of previously known discoveries, and enhanced GIS techniques have also allowed the generation of a new second edition map. This will provide a valuable decision-making tool for a wide variety of stakeholders interested in existing and potential new uranium discoveries.