basic value comparison, page-7

For someone who supposedely has a interest in uranium, you sure are pushing the greenie agenda hard.


From NRC website

" For mining activities, the regulatory responsibility depends on the extraction method that the given facility uses. Specifically, conventional mining (where uranium ore is removed from deep underground shafts or shallow open pits) is regulated by the Office of Surface Mining, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the individual States where the mines are located.
" By contrast, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulates in situ recovery (formerly known as in situ leach recovery), where the uranium ore is chemically altered underground before being pumped to the surface for further processing."



The distinction between these regulatory responsibilities is that "the NRC becomes involved in uranium recovery operations when the ore is processed and chemically altered."
"This happens either in a uranium mill (the next step in processing ore from a conventional mine) or during in situ recovery (ISR)".
For that reason, the NRC regulates in situ recovery facilities (as stated above), as well as uranium mills and the disposal of liquid and solid wastes from uranium recovery operations (including mill tailings). Currently, the NRC regulates active uranium recovery operations in Wyoming, New Mexico, and Nebraska. However, the NRC does not directly regulate the active uranium recovery operations in Texas, Colorado, and Utah, as they are Agreement States, meaning that they have entered into strict agreements with the NRC to exercise regulatory authority over this type of material."



1 ) NRC regulates in situ recovery where the ore is chemically altered underground.

a) Borehole Mining - No chemicals



2) NRC becomes involved in uranium recovery operations when the ore is processed and chemically altered .

a) Ablation No chemicals.

b) The ore is not being processed. It is being "seperated" from the host rock. That is the reason why the ore is being transported to a mill


Ablation is "a continuation of mining