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COUNCIL DECISION

OF 28 APRIL 1981

AMENDING DECISION 78/264/EURATOM ADOPTING A PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ON URANIUM EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION ( INDIRECT ACTION )

( 81/364/EURATOM )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL OF THE COMMISSION SUBMITTED AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ) ,

WHEREAS BY ITS DECISION 78/264/EURATOM ( 3 ) , THE COUNCIL ADOPTED , FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 , A PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ON URANIUM EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION ;

WHEREAS , IN ITS DELIBERATIONS OF 20 DECEMBER 1979 , THE COUNCIL INVITED THE COMMISSION TO CONCENTRATE COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROGRAMMES ON SECTORS OF PRIORITY INTEREST , INCLUDING ENERGY AND RAW MATERIALS , AND TO RATIONALIZE THE STRUCTURES FOR THE PREPARATION , ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PROGRAMMES ;

WHEREAS THE COUNCIL TAKES NOTE OF THE INTENTION OF THE COMMISSION TO SUBMIT IN 1981 A PROPOSAL FOR A RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN THE SECTOR OF RAW MATERIALS ;

WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE IN THE MEANTIME TO CONTINUE WITH THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY ALREADY UNDERTAKEN AND TO ADAPT IT ACCORDING TO CHANGING NEEDS ; WHEREAS DECISION 78/264/EURATOM SHOULD BE AMENDED ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

SOLE ARTICLE

DECISION 78/264/EURATOM SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" ARTICLE 1

A PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON URANIUM EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX SHALL BE ADOPTED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 . "

2 . ARTICLE 2 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" ARTICLE 2

THE UPPER LIMIT OF EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAMME SHALL BE 5,4 MILLION ECU AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STAFF SHALL BE THREE EMPLOYEES . "

3 . THE ANNEX SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS DECISION .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 28 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . DE KONING

( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 10 APRIL 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 348 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 12 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 72 , 14 . 3 . 1978 , P . 12 .

ANNEX

PROGRAMME CONTENT

1 . RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON URANIUM EXPLORATION

1.1 . DISCOVERY OF URANIUM PROVINCES - URANIUM GEOLOGY AND METALLOGENY

- GRANITIC AREAS

- ACID VOLCANIC ROCKS

- ALKALINE ROCKS

- SEDIMENTARY BASINS

1.2 . EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES

- GAMMA SPECTROMETRY

- REMOTE SENSING

- GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING TECHNIQUES

- ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY

- BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

- GAS GEOCHEMISTRY

- LEAD ISOTOPE RATIOS

- INDIRECT GEOPHYSICAL METHODS

- MICROTECTONICS

1.3 . TRANSPORTATION AND DEPOSITION OF URANIUM

- FLUID INCLUSIONS

- TRANSPORTATION AND DEPOSITION OF URANIUM IN THE HYDROGEOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT

- RADIOACTIVE DISEQUILIBRIUM

1.4 . BORE-HOLE LOGGING

- DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF URANIUM IN SITU

- OTHER INSTRUMENTS FOR IN SITU MEASUREMENTS

2 . RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN URANIUM EXTRACTION AND RECOVERY

2.1 . RECOVERY OF URANIUM FROM PHOSPHORIC ACID LIQUORS

2.2 . RECOVERY OF URANIUM FROM PHOSPHATIC ROCKS

2.3 . EXTRACTION OF URANIUM FROM THE WASTE OF PHOSPHATE ROCK TREATMENT

2.4 . RECOVERY OF URANIUM BY DUMP , HEAP , OR IN SITU LEACHING BY CHEMICAL AND/OR BACTERIAL MEANS

2.5 . HIGH TEMPERATURE , HIGH PRESSURE LEACHING

2.6 . EXTRACTION OF URANIUM AND OTHER VALUES FROM CALCINES AND OTHER LOW GRADE SOURCES

2.7 . OTHER TECHNICAL ASPECTS RELATED TO THE URANIUM MINING INDUSTRY