Before revision: Nuclear fuels Rössing uranium mine is the longest-running and one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world , in 2005 it produced eight percent of global uranium oxide needs (3,711 tons).Rössing (from infomine.com, status Friday 30 September 2005) The most productive mines , however are the underground McArthur River uranium mine in Canada which produces 13%DIF < of the world's uranium, and the similarly underground poly-metallic Olympic Dam mine in Australia, which despite being largely a copper mine, contains the largest known reserve of uranium ore. %DIF > of the world's uranium, and the underground poly-metallic Olympic Dam mine in Australia, which is mainly a copper mine, but contains the largest known reserve of uranium ore. upright=1.35|Annual release of "technologically enhanced"/concentrated Naturally occurring radioactive material, uranium and thorium radioisotopes naturally found in coal and concentrated in heavy/bottom coal ash and airborne fly ash.
After revision: Nuclear fuels Rössing uranium mine is the longest-running and one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world ; in 2005 it produced eight percent of global uranium oxide needs (3,711 tons).Rössing (from infomine.com, status Friday 30 September 2005) The most productive mines , are the underground McArthur River uranium mine in Canada which produces 13%DIF < of the world's uranium, and the similarly underground poly-metallic Olympic Dam mine in Australia, which despite being largely a copper mine, contains the largest known reserve of uranium ore. %DIF > of the world's uranium, and the underground poly-metallic Olympic Dam mine in Australia, which is mainly a copper mine, but contains the largest known reserve of uranium ore. upright=1.35|Annual release of "technologically enhanced"/concentrated Naturally occurring radioactive material, uranium and thorium radioisotopes naturally found in coal and concentrated in heavy/bottom coal ash and airborne fly ash.