Uranium reserves

Uranium is a rather common metal, however, it occurs mostly in very low concentrations that are difficult or impossible to exploit commercially. It is commonly agreed to define uranium reserves as the resource that could be extracted below a given cost: right now it is USD 130 per kg of uranium. With such definition, the known resources amount to about 5.5 million tonnes of uranium content.

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Impact of one pound
of "Uranium reserves":

Overall impact (CEII): 141030.93
Depletion (DI): 15670103.09	Pollution (PI): 0	Entropy (EI)): 0

Amount	12125000000.00
Unit	pound
Relative importance	1

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PI - Pollution Index. Indication of the amount and severity of the pollution generated during the life cycle of an item. The higher number, the more pollution.

DI - Depletion Index. Indication of the amount of resources used during production and disposal of an item. The higher number, the more resources are used (and the less sustainable the product is).

EI - Entropy Index. - Indication of the amount of energy wasted during the life cycle of an item. The higher number, the more energy is wasted.

CEII - Composite Environmental Impact Index. Indication of the item's impact on the environment, taking into account the resources used and the pollution generated during production, use, and disposal of the item. The higher number, the higher impact.

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