Uranium

• About Uranium
• Non-Resident Ownership Policy in the Uranium Mining Sector
• Uranium mining
• Refining and Conversion (Processing)
• Uranium Exploration
• Production

Canada is the world's leading producer of uranium, accounting for roughly one-third of total global output.

The mining and milling of uranium is a $500-million-a-year industry that directly employs over 1,000 Canadians, many of whom are residents of northern Saskatchewan. Uranium is used in commercial nuclear power plants in several countries to produce electricity, including Canadian-built CANDU (CANadian Deuterium Uranium) reactors, which currently supply about 15% of Canada's electricity.

Staff in the Uranium and Radioactive Waste Division (URWD) of Natural Resources Canada work with industry and government officials to ensure that uranium mining and milling in Canada is conducted in a sustainable fashion. The Uranium and Radioactive Waste Division provides expert technical, policy and economic information and advice to the Minister and the federal government on issues affecting Canadian uranium exploration, development, environmental protection, production, supply capability, foreign ownership, domestic and international markets, exports, international trade and end uses. It also represents Canada on uranium issues in various multinational organizations and administers the Non Resident Ownership Policy in the Uranium Mining Sector, which sets out certain conditions that must be met by the stage of first production at uranium mines in Canada.