Figure ES1. Commercialization of U.S. and Russian Surplus Defense Inventories Based on Approved Plans: Shares of Potential Uranium Supply by Inventory Type

(Million Pounds U3O8 Equivalent)



Sources: Russian HEU--Russian HEU Agreement. U.S. HEU, natural uranium, and LEU--U.S. Department of Energy disposition plans; United States Enrichment Corporation, 1996 Annual Report.


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