URANIUM IN ARGENTINA

  • Exploration and small scale production of uranium began in 1950’s


  • More than 300 uranium occurrences are known


  • Approximately 70% are of strata bound sediment-hosted type


  • Most explored regions are: Salta Basin (Don Otto); Mendoza Basin (Sierra Pintada); Chubut Basin (Cerro Solo)

 

  • Exploration & production of several mines has been carried out in the past 35 years


  • The Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (‘CNEA’) has coordinated the National Uranium Programs since the mid 1960s


  • Argentina has Latin America’s most advanced nuclear energy program (2 nuclear power stations in operation)

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