How Australia missed the uranium boat

The history of the uranium industry over the last 15 years is examined. Australia has 'missed the boat' on uranium development because of political paralysis, which allowed other countries to continue developing their reserves at the expense of Australia's deposits. Figures are given for Reasonably Assured Resources and Estimated Additional Resources of uranium for non-communist countries. Australia has 29% of the reserves but only 10% of uranium production. Production rates are given for major new mines in Canada, Namibia, France and Australia, including Ranger (2500T per annum) and Nabarlek (1200T). The author argues that the government should adopt a sensible non-contradictory uranium policy and not interfer with commercial decisions