Uranium Recovery from Phosphates for Self-Sufficient Nuclear Power in the Eastern Mediterranean

Table 7

Current realistic potential for uranium self sufficiency in some countries of the EMC.

Country	Production	: U recovery
	[Mt PR/y]	[t U/y]
Turkey	0.7	35–70	0.13–0.26	0.19
Syria	2.0	100–200	0.32–0.64	0.5
Jordan	8.0	400–800	1.27–2.54	1.91
Israel/P	3.5	175–350	0.56–1.12	0.84
Egypt	5.0	250–500	0.8–1.6	1.2
Total	19.2	960–1920		4.64