Depleted Uranium Inventories

(last updated 21 Apr 2008)

> See also:

• World Depleted Uranium Inventory Map

Depleted Uranium Stocks as of end of 1999

Holder	Country	Approximate DU Stocks [t U]
		as UF6	as U3O8	as metal	TOTAL
DOE , USEC	USA a)	470,000	10,000		480,000
	Russia b)	450,000	10,000		460,000
COGEMA , EURODIF	France	50,000	140,000		190,000
BNFL	United Kingdom	30,000			30,000
Urenco	Germany, Netherlands, UK	16,000			16,000
JNC , JNFL	Japan c)	10,000			10,000
CNNC	China d)	2,000			2,000
KAERI	Rep. of Korea	200			200
	South Africa	4	69		73
TOTAL		1,028,204	160,069		1,188,273

t = metric tonne
a) As of mid-2000. See also: Compostion of the U.S. DOE Depleted Uranium Inventory (70k PDF).
    For more recent and detailed data, download Inventory of depleted uranium tails, Oct. 2, 2007 (PDF - U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce)
b) Estimate based on: Depleted Uranium from Enrichment, Uranium Institute, London 1996
c) As of February 2001
d) As of end of 2000
Source: OECD NEA 2001

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