Cameco is frequently involved in licensing and environmental assessment activity with federal and provincial government agencies. This area provides easy access to Cameco's documents that are associated with these processes.

Cigar Lake
Cameco received a construction licence for the Cigar Lake project in December of 2004.

Blind River
Cameco is seeking regulatory approval to increase licensed production capacity of the Blind River Refinery to 24,000 tonnes of uranium annually from the current licensed limit of 18,000 tonnes annually.

Key Lake
Cameco is seeking regulatory approval for the recycling of Blind River and Port Hope byproducts at the Key Lake mill.

McArthur River/Key Lake
Cameco is seeking regulatory approval to increase annual production at the McArthur River and Key Lake operations by about 18% to 22 million pounds U3O8. Actual production will depend on market conditions.

Rabbit Lake
Cameco and its Cigar Lake joint venture partners are seeking regulatory approval to send approximately 12 million pounds U3O8 from AREVA's McClean Lake mill to Cameco's Rabbit Lake mill for further processing.

External links to regulators

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Saskatchewan Environment

Construction, Operation and Decommissioning Environmental Assessment Study Report

2004 EASR (PDF 56.15 MB)
2004 Addendum (PDF 2.16 MB)

Cameco received a construction licence for the Cigar Lake project in December 2004.

Surface construction CMD July 2004 (PDF 1.41 MB)
Construction licence application July 2004 (PDF 3.35 MB)
Project description May 2003 update (PDF 3.02 MB)

Project Description to Support an Environmental Assessment for a Production increase from 18,000 to 24,000 tonnes U per Year (3.18 MB)

Cameco is seeking regulatory approval for the recycling of Blind River and Port Hope byproducts at the Key Lake mill.

Project proposal November 2002 PDF (10 MB)
Draft EASR for Uranium Recycle Project December 2003 PDF (84.7 MB)
EASR - Response to additional comments, October 2004 (440 KB)


McArthur River/Key Lake
Cameco is seeking regulatory approval to increase annual production at the McArthur River and Key Lake operations by about 18% to 22 million pounds U3O8. Actual production will depend on market conditions.

Project proposal December 2002 PDF (2.9 MB)
Draft EASR April 2005 PDF (10.9 MB)

Licence renewal July 2004 (PDF 1.25 MB)

McArthur River/Key Lake
Cameco is seeking regulatory approval to increase annual production at the McArthur River and Key Lake operations by about 18% to 22 million pounds U3O8. Actual production will depend on market conditions.

Project proposal December 2002 PDF (2.9 MB)
Draft EASR April 2005 PDF (10.9 MB)

Cameco Corporation and AREVA Resources Canada Inc. have jointly submitted a proposal to process uranium from the Cigar Lake mine at the Rabbit Lake mill.

Rabbit Lake Solution Processing Project Environmental Impact Statement January 2008


Project Description for the Rabbit Lake Solution Processing Environmental Assessment January 2005 (4.13 MB)

Location of Proposed Road to McClean Lake January 2005 (9.55 MB)

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July 24, 2008

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