International Isotopes Inc (INIS)

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INIS ~ Green Uranium?.....A Must Read

Putting depleted uranium to good use is a surprisingly sustainable and economically valuable solution.
BY JIM THOMAS

In recent years, nuclear power has been getting a second look. The increased attention in nuclear energy has been stimulated of late through changes in governmental policy (i.e., loan guarantees), public opinion on global warming, concerns over foreign oil dependence and industrial investment opportunities.

The upswing in planned construction of domestic and international nuclear power facilities will certainly provide important environmental bene?ts. The most obvious bene?t being the large reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in comparison to coal or natural gas ?red power plants. Also, President Barack Obama recently has announced a goal of putting 1 million electric cars on U.S. roads by 2025. In order to realize the full environmental bene?t of that growing ?eet of electric vehicles, it also will be important that the electricity produced to power them be supplied by clean base load nuclear power.

Although nuclear energy production itself results in some of the lowest total carbon emissions compared to other energy production methods, critics of the industry are quick to point out two of nuclear’s major drawbacks, namely high cost of construction and high-level waste disposal. The nuclear industry counters the concern with high cost through plans to standardize design and carry out modular construction. The volume produced from decades of power production is quite small, and the interim storage measures used to contain and control this material have been – and will continue to be – adequate for another 100 years until a permanent solution is put in place.

Although debate is certain to continue on those issues, there is actually a potentially larger issue facing the nuclear industry – an issue that has not been adequately addressed, has seen little public attention, and yet may become the largest future issue facing the industry. That issue is the production of depleted uranium from the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle.

There is, however, a company planning to construct a facility in the United States that would not only solve this issue for the industry, it would do so in a manner that recovers valuable ?uoridebearing materials, produces important commercial products and saves energy in the process. That company is International Isotopes Inc. (INIS), and its process is called depleted uranium deconversion and ?uorine extraction.

Full article here http://www.intisoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/+URANIUM_ENERGY-MINING-TEMPLATE.pdf