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The Federal Government Resumed Uranium Mining Production at the Brazilian Nuclear Industries Unit in Caetité, Bahia.
At the Uranium Mining Concentration Unit (URA) in Bahia, the first two activities of the nuclear fuel cycle are carried out: mining and beneficiation of the ore. The result will be Uranium Concentrate, also known as yellowcake (U3O8).
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The mineral extracted in Caetité serves as fuel for the nuclear plants in Angra dos Reis and will be sent for enrichment at the Brazilian Nuclear Industries (INB) unit in Resende, Rio de Janeiro. Mining will occur at the Engenho Mine.
Work will be carried out by INB, which stated its proposal to make Brazil self-sufficient and an exporter of uranium concentrate. According to the company’s advisory, the goal is to achieve 260 tons of uranium in Brazil by 2022.
“After five years, we have restructured everything to have a new foundation based on a new change in direction, and it has been decided to open a new pit within the Caetité mine and also advance with the Santa Quitéria Project. Today, given this perspective from the Government, the Santa Quitéria project is fundamental,” emphasizes Tomás Figueiredo.
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