Abstract
As uranium has practically no other industrial uses besides electricity generation, demand is determined by the requirements and stockpiling policies of electric utilities. The uranium market has experienced strong fluctuations and is currently affected by the reductions in nuclear forecasts resulting from the slowdown in electricity demand. Analysing supply/demand indicators proves, however, that in retrospect the development has been relatively smooth and it appears that oversupply is more a consequence of overly optimistic short-term expectations. In the future, especially in the long term, nuclear power policies continue to be concerned with striking a proper balance between increasing production capability and development of new reactor technologies which would be less dependent on the availability of uranium. A bounding scenario approach is applied in this article to the assessment of adequacy of supply under varying assumptions on the total installed nuclear capacity, available resource base and attainable production capability.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 141 - 149 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Resources Policy |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1985 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
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Uranium resource appraisal : Past trends and outlook for adequacy of supply. / Fujita, Akihiro; Silvennoinen, Pekka.
In: Resources Policy, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1985, p. 141 - 149.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Uranium resource appraisal
T2 - Past trends and outlook for adequacy of supply
AU - Fujita, Akihiro
AU - Silvennoinen, Pekka
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - As uranium has practically no other industrial uses besides electricity generation, demand is determined by the requirements and stockpiling policies of electric utilities. The uranium market has experienced strong fluctuations and is currently affected by the reductions in nuclear forecasts resulting from the slowdown in electricity demand. Analysing supply/demand indicators proves, however, that in retrospect the development has been relatively smooth and it appears that oversupply is more a consequence of overly optimistic short-term expectations. In the future, especially in the long term, nuclear power policies continue to be concerned with striking a proper balance between increasing production capability and development of new reactor technologies which would be less dependent on the availability of uranium. A bounding scenario approach is applied in this article to the assessment of adequacy of supply under varying assumptions on the total installed nuclear capacity, available resource base and attainable production capability.
AB - As uranium has practically no other industrial uses besides electricity generation, demand is determined by the requirements and stockpiling policies of electric utilities. The uranium market has experienced strong fluctuations and is currently affected by the reductions in nuclear forecasts resulting from the slowdown in electricity demand. Analysing supply/demand indicators proves, however, that in retrospect the development has been relatively smooth and it appears that oversupply is more a consequence of overly optimistic short-term expectations. In the future, especially in the long term, nuclear power policies continue to be concerned with striking a proper balance between increasing production capability and development of new reactor technologies which would be less dependent on the availability of uranium. A bounding scenario approach is applied in this article to the assessment of adequacy of supply under varying assumptions on the total installed nuclear capacity, available resource base and attainable production capability.
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DO - 10.1016/0301-4207(85)90007-8
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VL - 11
SP - 141
EP - 149
JO - Resources Policy
JF - Resources Policy
SN - 0301-4207
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