Nuclear Fuel Cycle Topical Reports

Throughout the year, NAC publishes in-depth Topical Reports that cover various subjects of interest to the nuclear fuel cycle industry. In each report, NAC's fuel cycle consultants share their unequaled market knowledge and analytical expertise.

Recent Topical Reports

The annual Worldwide U₃O₈ Producer Profiles provides an overview of all major uranium producers, detailing operating, under construction, and firmly planned production facilities. Each profile includes mine reserves, mill capacities and historical production, and supplier sales commitments.

Outlook for Nuclear Power in Asia, December 2005
This report examines NAC's current projections of installed nuclear capacity in 2020 for countries in Asia. In addition, the report compares NAC's projections with each country's current plans for future growth. The comparison helps reflect on the ability of Asia to realistically attain such nuclear capacity projections by 2020.

Junior Uranium Companies: Noise, Accomplishment & Potential, November 2005

NAC’s latest Fuel-Trac Topical Report, Junior Mining Companies: Noise, Accomplishment and Potential, offers some insights on the motivations underlying the rash of activities by the “juniors”, their ambitions and prospects for success. Written by Jay McMurray, a mining engineer/geologist, the report provides some highly informed insights into the realities of the uranium production industry today. For additional background, click here.

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Graphical Summary, September 2005
This topical provides a graphical summary of nuclear fuel cycle information from the August 2005 version of the Fuel-Trac database. The graphs and tables provide additional perspectives and analyses of the data presented and are divided into three sections: Nuclear Generatign Capacity, Commodities, and Spent Fuel/Reprocessing.

The Future of Nuclear Power, January 2005

Public acceptance of nuclear power has been on the increase in many parts of the world and booming economic growth in asia suggests that some countries may have to rely on nuclear power to meet increasing energy needs. These and and other developments (such as emissions/environmental constraints) hold the promise that nuclear generating capacity could begin to increase significantly by the middle of the next decade. This report evaluates at that growth potential.

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Graphical Summary, November 2004
This topical provides a graphical summary of nuclear fuel cycle information from the August 2004 version of the Fuel-Trac database. The graphs and tables provide additional perspectives and analyses of the data presented and are divided into three sections: Nuclear Generatign Capacity, Commodities, and Spent Fuel/Reprocessing.

An Assessment of Worldwide Uranium Inventories, September 2004
This report presents summary estimates and analyses of worldwide uranium inventories in various forms at the end of 2003 in terms of U3O8 equivalents.

Summary of Worldwide Commercial Reactor Spent Fuel Storage Policies, April 2004
This report provides an country by country overview of spent fuel management policies including current and projected inventories.

Uranium Supply - A Return to Relevance, November 2003
This report investigates the gap between reactor requirements and primary uranium supply. The future of primary and secondary supply sources is discussed in conjunction with projected market prices to provide an indication of how reactor requirements are going to be met over the next decade.

Ultra High Burnup Fuel: A Contrarian View, April 2003
A look at the obstacles and problems that would be need to be addressed if the industry wanted to go to higher burnups, including front-end, regulatory, storage, and reprocessing considerations.

The Uranium Industry of the People's Republic of China, January 2003

This report summarizes the current status of China's uranium production industry and provides information on future supply and demand issues, which China faces as it addresses its rapidly expanding nuclear power capacity.

Analysis of the Current Enrichment Market, November 2002

This report provides a detailed look at the enrichment market as it stands today, including market shares and capacity utilization. A retrospective of the past twenty years in the history of the enrichment market and the impact of future changes in the industry are also included. The impact of future plant closings and potential new supply is analyzed.

Suppliers Market Shares and Demand in the Nuclear Fabrication Industry, September 2002

This 2002 topical report addresses three key aspects of the fuel fabrication market that clearly delineate the impact of the changes in the industry: Supplier Market Shares, Market Segmentation, and Supply and Demand in the Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Markets. (September 2002)

Spent Fuel Shipments: A History of Safety, Winter 2001/2002

A detailed country-by-country look at the history of commercial spent fuel shipments. The report also looks at potential future shipments, including the Russian Spent Fuel Management Intitiative and U.S. shipments to Yucca Mountain. The level of expected shipments to Yucca Mountain is compared with the quantity of spent fuel that has already been shipped worldwide.

Unfinished Business, Winter 2001/2002

This report examines the prospects of completing cancelled and other unfinished reactors around the world. The economic and political aspects of the decision to complete construction is examined.

Russia's Nuclear Fuel Industry: Is It Operating on a Market or Non-Market Basis?, December 2001

A look at the Russian nuclear fuel industry ten years after the end of the Communist era. Russia's enrichment, fuel fabrication, conversion, and uranium industries are examined in detail.

Previous reports include:

Country Profile: Germany
Worldwide Trends in Spent Nuclear Fuel Management
The Rapidly Changing Nuclear Fuel Markets

Please contact Chris Rusch in the U.S. at (678) 328-1222 or Geoff Varley in the U.K. at +44 (0)1491 636 284 to place an order or for additional information.