URANIUM IN SASKATCHEWAN
| Production | ||
| Operating Mine | Tonnes of Uranium | Million Pounds of U3O8 |
| Key Lake / McArthur River* | 6,385 | 16.6 |
| McClean Lake | 1,231 | 3.2 |
| Rabbit Lake | 1,385 | 3.6 |
| TOTAL | 9,001 | 23.4 |
| Source: Saskatchewan uranium producers | ||
To convert tonnes of uranium to pounds of U3O8, multiply tonnes by 2,599.8
Numbers may not reflect total due to rounding.
* Ore from McArthur River is trucked to Key Lake where it is then fed into the Key Lake mill and processed into yellowcake.
- Canada's uranium is used exclusively for the generation of electricity at nuclear power plants. The end use is strictly enforced by international non-proliferation agreements and Canadian export restrictions.
- Over the last three decades, uranium has been an important Canadian energy resource used in nuclear power reactors providing one of the cleanest sources of energy available today.
- Nuclear power provides approximately 14.7% of Canada's electricity.
- Canada is the world's largest producer of natural uranium, producing approximately 21% of total world production. All of the uranium production in Canada comes from Saskatchewan mines.
- Over 80% of the uranium shipped from Saskatchewan mines goes to non-Canadian markets for the generation of electricity.
Note: Uranium in Saskatchewan information is current as of December 31, 2009.
The information is updated on an annual basis.
Last Reviewed: May 17, 2010

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