Research Article
Uranium Recovery from Phosphates for Self-Sufficient Nuclear Power in the Eastern Mediterranean
Table 5
Phosphate rock resources and annual productions, [
20,
26], in countries of the EMC.
| Country | Year | Reserve | Resource | Production | | U resource | [Mt] | [Mt] | [Mt/y] | [%] | [ t U] |
| T | 1980–89 | | 300–329 | | 9–13 | | u | 2007–09 | | | | | | r | 2010–12 | | | | | | k | 2015 | | | 0.713 | | 9 | e | 2016 | | | 0.7 | | | y | 2019 | | | | | |
| S | 1980–89 | 400 | 400–1057 | 8 | 29–31.5 | | y | 2007–09 | 100 | | 3.7-3.0 | | | r | 2010–12 | 250 | 2000 | 1.534 | | | i | 2015 | | | 0.538 | | 40 | a | 2016 | | | | | | | 2018-19 | 1800 | | 0.1–2.0 | | |
| J | 1980–89 | 100 | 200–1574 | 3.97 | 28 | | o | 2007–09 | 900–1500 | | 5.54–6.0 | | | r | 2010–12 | 1300 | 1800 | | 26.5 | | d | 2015 | | | 8.336 | | | a | 2016 | | | 8 | | 60 | n | 2018-19 | 1000–1500 | | 8.02-8 | | 140 |
| I | 1980–89 | 100 | 100–1000 | | 26–30 | | s | 2007-09 | 180 | | 2.2–3.3 | | | r | 2010–12 | 200–220 | 1600 | | | | a | 2015 | | | 3.8–9.0 | 28 | 25–50 | e | 2016 | | | 3.94 | | | l/P | 2018-19 | 62 | | 3.55–3.5 | | |
| E | 1980–89 | 800 | | | | | | 2007–09 | 180–100 | | 2.2–3.3 | | | y | 2010–12 | 100 | 3400 | 6.33 | 29-30 | | p | 2015 | 100 | | 5.30 | | 40 | t | 2016 | | | 5 | | | | 2018-19 | 1300 | | 5 | | |
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