WISE Uranium Project - ABOUT
(last updated 21 Mar 2026)
Contents:
- online since October 17, 1995 -
(initially as a subsection of the World Information Service on Energy site, and, since June 13, 2005, at the current URL)
Major content of this site includes:
- Facts on the uranium mining and nuclear fuel industry in the world:
- Statistics and Maps: up-to-date statistical data (
) and maps of the world (
) on many aspects of uranium and nuclear fuel - by country,
- Deposits and Mines: detailed information on known uranium deposits and mines, including name, operational status, size, grade, economics (if available) and ownership - by country,
- Conversion, Enrichment, and Fuel Manufacturing plants: nuclear fuel facilities - by country,
- Companies: a list of known uranium mining and exploration companies - by name, partly with links to subsidiaries and project sites,
- Current issues: news (
) concerning uranium mines (separate for planned/operating/former uranium mines, and regulatory issues), and other nuclear fuel facilities - by country: check what's going on near you, see what happens in other parts of the world; returning visitors check the latest news on the News page.
Searches for news topics across countries are possible with the News Filter on the News page, here some example searches:
In addition, these searches can be narrowed down to continents or countries of your choice.
- Annual reviews of current issues and news on uranium mining (discontinued)
- Educational material on uranium mining, nuclear fuel production, and its impacts:
- The Activist's Guide to Uranium Mining
- introductory papers (
) on various aspects,
- detailed texts (
) on uranium radiation properties, toxicity, and radiation exposure,
- slide talks (
/ 
): introductory presentations on a topic, comprised of series of images, mostly with audio comment, with selectable level of detail, with automatic or manual timing,
- online calculators (
): to study
- scientific phenomena, such as the decay and ingrowth of radionuclides in a decay series, neutron activation, alpha-neutron reactions, and the biokinetics (transport and deposition) of ingested or inhaled uranium inside the human body,
- the material flow, energy consumption, and waste arisings of the various stages of nuclear fuel production, including also "exotic" processes, such as tails re-enrichment, and downblending of highly enriched uranium,
- the economics of nuclear fuel production, such as feasibility of uranium mines, cost of once-through vs. recycled nuclear fuel, enrichment cost optimization, depleted uranium value realization by re-enrichment,
and test the impacts of parameter variations.
- Glossary
- Tools for the assessment of the impacts of proposed and existing uranium mines:
- online calculators () for the assessment of
- radiation releases from uranium mine, mill, and tailings sites,
- resulting radiation doses for miners and residents,
- geotechnical stability of tailings deposits,
Where monitoring data is available for a given site, the calculators can help to evaluate the resulting health hazards. Otherwise, the calculators can model those health hazards, based on generic data, combined with site specific data, where available.
In addition, the site covers these loosely connected topics:
Well, quite interesting, but why does it all look so 90's?
- Quite simple: because it is 1990's!
Why isn't it suitable for use with handheld devices?
- Because they had not been invented yet in the 1990's!
Why is it all so text-heavy? Some cat pictures here and there would be nice!
- Ehm, our resident office cat hasn't given permission to use the pictures on the website 😼︎
And, why do so many pages resemble railway timetables?
- Because we do like railway timetables! 🚂︎
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