The US discovered Urani mine more than 90 thousand tons worth 14.5 billion USD

The US Geological Survey has just discovered a huge Urani mine in southern Texas with reserves of up to 90,700 tons.

The US has to import 90% of its uranium reserves for its nuclear power plants, only in 2014. Even so, this problem may disappear when the US Geological Survey has just A huge Urani mine was discovered in southern Texas with reserves of up to 90,700 tons. If calculated according to the Uranium exchange rate as of March 2015 in the world is about 160 USD / kg, the value of this uranium mine is about 14.5 billion USD.

This reserve of uranium is sufficient for reactors to be used for five consecutive years.

With nuclear power accounting for about 19% of the national electricity output, US energy experts have estimated that this huge reserve will be sufficient for self-sustaining reactors within 5 consecutive years . With the number of reactors outperforming the rest of the world, the United States has always had trouble importing foreign uranium when the production of this radioactive element in the country only provides 6% of real demand. so the discovery of such huge reserves will help this country reduce part of the economic burden. Currently, a quarter of US Urani imports come from Kazakhstan.

Uranium ores are uranium mineral deposits in recoverable Earth's crust . Uranium is one of the most common elements in the Earth's crust 40 times more than silver and 500 times more than gold. It is found almost everywhere in rocks, soil, rivers and oceans. One challenge is to find areas with enough content to be able to exploit. Urani ore is distributed on all continents, the largest mines discovered in Australia, Kazakhstan, and Canada.

To date, high quality mines have only been found in Canada's Athabasca basin. Uranium mines are often classified based on their containing rocks, structural and mineral characteristics. The most widely used classification scheme is established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and divided the mines into 15 groups.