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    Useful and Informative Links
    Companies involved in and resources for exploration, mining and processing (enrichment) of Uranium ore.
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    1   Link   Berkeley Resources Limited of Australia
    Berkeley Resources Limited has advanced uranium exploration projects in the Salamanca, Caceres, Badajoz, Guadalajara and Calaf provinces in Spain.
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    2   Link   ConverDyn - UF6 Conversion
    ConverDyn serves the global nuclear industry offering UF6 at competitive prices.
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    3   Link   Crusader Resources - Brazilian Mining
    Crusader Resources Ltd (ASX:CAS) (Crusader) is a minerals exploration company focussed on the identification, acquisition and development of projects in Brazil.
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    4   Link   Atomic Minerals Directorate - India
    Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) for Exploration and Research is the oldest unit of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). The principal mandate of the unit was to carry out geological exploration and discover mineral deposits required for Atomic Energy power programme of the country.
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    5   Link   CONUAR Uranium Pellets - Argentina
    CONUAR is owned one-third by the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA/ Atomic Energy National Commission) and two-thirds by the Perez Companc Group. Conuar S.A. has supplied the fuel elements for the Argentine nuclear power plants, which have generated over 10% of the electric power in our country over the last twenty years. Conuar manufactures Uranium pellets (both natural and low enrichment) structural components and zircaloy cladding tubes (produced by FAE, Conuar's subsidiary) and assembles the complete fuel elements.
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    6   Link   Nabmia's Chamber of Mines
    The Chamber of Mines of Namibia represents the interests of all the major mining and exploration companies active in Namibia. With 60 members from an industry which makes up a tenth of Namibia's Gross Domestic Product and a half of its merchandise exports, the Chamber brings together a wide variety of companies from the most important sector of the Namibian economy and represents the industry in its dealings with government.
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    7   Link   Areva NC - Paris
    AREVA NC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the AREVA group, is an industrial group active in the energy sector offering electric utilities all over the world a full range of products and services for nuclear power generation. From uranium mining, conversion and enrichment through spent fuel reprocessing and recycling, AREVA NC's operations are integral to sustainable development.
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    8   Link   Accord Nuclear Resources
    Accord focuses on acquisition opportunities across the nuclear fuel cycle in three different lines of business: uranium mining and production and related infrastructure operations and services.
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    9   Link   Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited
    The Kvanefjeld deposit has been known to contain uranium for several decades. The Danish government funded most of the prior work that specifically evaluated Kvanefjeld as a uranium resource. Today Kvanefjeld is recognized as one of the world’s largest deposits of specialty metals, and uranium represents less than 25% of the value of the deposit. Therefore, uranium is considered as a byproduct of the mining of lucrative specialty metals such as rare earth elements.
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    10   Link   GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH)
    To enhance our ability to better serve our nuclear energy customers through expanded nuclear fuel services, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is developing uranium enrichment services capability through its subsidiary, Global Laser Enrichment (GLE). As the nuclear energy industry expands globally and the demand for enriched uranium increases, GLE is planning a consistent and secure source of uranium enrichment services.
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    11   Link   TVEL Corporation - Russia
    TVEL Corporation is one of the world leading manufacturers of nuclear fuel. TVEL-labeled fuel keeps running 73 commercial (17% of global market) and 30 research reactors in 13 countries worldwide.
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    12   Link   JSC Techsnabexport - Russia
    oreign economic JSC "Techsnabexport" carries out export of goods and services, produced by enterprises of the Russian Federation Federal Agency for Atomic Energy as well as import of state-of-the-art technological, medical and other types of equipment.
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    13   Link   Euratom Supply Agency
    The Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) is responsible for the regular and equitable supply of nuclear fuels for European Community users.
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    14   Link   Enusa Industrias Avanzadas S.A. - Spain
    Enusa’s core business is the front end of the nuclear cycle, which includes everything from the management and supply of enriched uranium to fuel manufacturing, as well as provision of engineering services and fuel services to the nuclear power plants. Although Enusa was born with a natural market – the Spanish nuclear power plants – over time it has extended its activities to several European Union countries. As a result, today it exports around 50% of its fuel assembly production.
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    15   Link   EnergySolutions - Nuclear Recycling and Disposal
    EnergySolutions, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is an international nuclear services company with operations throughout the United States and around the world. With over 5,500 world-class professionals, EnergySolutions is a world leader in the safe recycling, processing and disposal of nuclear material. EnergySolutions provides integrated services and solutions to the nuclear industry, the United States Government, the Government of the United Kingdom, hospitals and research facilities. Commercial Services provides services and solutions to the commercial sector for the safe management, handling, and disposition of radioactive material from client sites. Services address the full life cycle of radioactive material generation from initial guidance, identification and characterization, to removal and packaging, to shipment offsite for further processing, volume reduction, and disposition.
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    Official Resources

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    The US Nuclear Regulator Commission website has a wealth of information on the plants, safety protocols, and more. Link
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    The International Atomic Energy Agency is the primariy international nuclear authority focussing on nuclear verification and security, safety and technology transfer. Link
    site-nnsa
    The National Nuclear Security Administration deals with military use of nuclear power and nuclear weapons safety and proliferation. Link