Uranium industry of eastern Germany
For more than forty years, the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) was the most important uranium producer of the former Eastern Bloc countries. Between 1946 and 1990, it produced about 570 million pounds equivalent U{sub 3}O{sub 8}, which greatly exceeds combined western Europe uranium production and equals two-thirds of US uranium production over the same period. However, the political changes in Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990 have changed the situation. Strict West German safety and environmental regulations, combined with the introduction of the DM (West German Deutsche Mark) and other factors such as cancellation of the Soviet-East German uranium trade agreement, have put pronounced economic pressure on uranium mining in eastern Germany. SDAG Wismut, the exclusive uranium producer, has little choice other than to close its uranium mines in the near future.
- OSTI ID:
- 102802
- Journal Information:
- NUEXCO. Monthly Report to the Nuclear Industry, Journal Name: NUEXCO. Monthly Report to the Nuclear Industry Journal Issue: 270; ISSN 0742-4582; ISSN NUEXD3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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