1980 uranium assessment report, results, and future NURE plans

The principal emphasis of DOE's NURE program during 1979 and 1980 was to assess the uranium resources in the 116 National Topographic Map Series (NTMS) quadrangle areas which are believed to have the greatest possibility for the occurrence of additional uranium resources. In addition, resources previously assessed for areas outside these quadrangles have been reviewed, and the assessments have been updated. Of the 612 NTMS quadrangle areas that cover the conterminous 48 states and Alaska, NURE resource assessments have now been completed for 135 quadrangles and in portions of about 45 others. This progress report reviews the results presented in the recently published 1980 NURE report ''An Assessment Report on Uranium in the United States of America,'' GJO-111