Commercial and economic aspects of uranium exports to Pacific area

Factors influencing uranium supply and demand include the question of security of supply and the consumer response of diversifying sources of supply and building inventories of uranium; enrichment contract constraints; the tails assay policy followed by the enrichment facility; delays in bringing new mines into production; quantitative restrictions on imports; government interventions in support of economic aims such as reserving adequate resources for domestic programs, ensuring a reasonable price for resources and limitations on foreign investment; and non-proliferation objectives. The non-proliferation system is reviewed