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Uncertainty contributes to lowest uranium spot prices in 18 months
A combination of plentiful supply and uncertain demand resulted in spot pricing for uranium closing out March below $64 per pound, with dips down to about $63.50 during mid-March—the lowest futures prices in 18 months, according to tracking by analysis firm Trading Economics. Spot prices have also fallen steadily since the beginning of 2024. Meanwhile, long-term prices have held steady at about $80 per pound at the end of March, according to Canadian front-end uranium mining, milling, and conversion company Cameco.
Toshihiko Yamanishi, Norikiyo Koizumi, Masataka Nakahira, Yoshihiko Nunoya, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Tobari, Mieko Kashiwagi, Takaaki Isono, Takashi Inoue, Makoto Sugimoto, Yoshinori Kusama, Yoshinori Kawamura, Hiroyasu Tanigawa, Masaru Nakamichi, Takashi Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Hoshino, Yoshio Ueda, Yuji Hatano, Takeo Muroga, Satoshi Fukada
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 72 | Number 3 | October 2017 | Pages 233-241
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1330625
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Several key components, such as superconducting coils, remote handling equipment, heating systems, have been designed and manufactured by JADA (Japan Domestic Agency). These activities have been carried out in accordance with the agreed schedule; in collaboration with the ITER organization and other domestic agencies. As a significant technical program using ITER, to design and to manufacture the TBS (Test blanket system), some R&D and design activities have also been conducted in Japan. Under the IFERC (the International Fusion Energy Research Center) projects of BA (Broader Approach) activities, design and R&D activities on fusion DEMO reactor have been carried out. For the DEMO R&D activity, five basic R&D subjects for a DEMO blanket system have been selected, and been studies under close collaborations between EU and JA: structure materials (RAFM steels and SiC/SiC composites), functional materials (tritium breeders and neutron multipliers), and tritium technology. From 2007, the above projects produced a set of fruitful results. A series of advanced technologies for the DEMO blanket system has also been carried out by Universities in Japan. Some significant basic R&D studies have also been carried out under US-JA collaborative program.