Facility Name General Information Country Facility Location (Site) Province Data Source

Olympic Dam

Australia Roxby Downs South Australia IAEA Questionnaire to Member States, 2009

IAEA Reference No. Last Update

239 - MILL 2010-10-02

Last Source Date

2010-09-02

Activity Facility Type Design Capacity Status Scale Start of Operation Permanent end of Operation Remarks Proposed expansion of capacity to 12720 tU/y. Mining by open cut and underground operations. Uranium Ore Processing 3930 t U/year In operation Commercial 1988

Process Process Feed Material Product Material Acid Leaching / SX Copper, Uranium, Gold Ore Uranium oxide

Company Information Ownership Operator Web References Ref No Citation Year 2010 2009 2008 2003 2002 BHP Billiton : 100% WMC Resources Ltd. (Olympic Dam Corp.) http://www.bhpbilliton.com

1318 IAEA Questionnaire to Member States, 2009 1317 IAEA Questionnaire to Member States, 2008 1315 IAEA Questionnaire to Member States, 2007 1277 NEI World Nuclear Industry Handbook, 2003 1279 OECD NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY, INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Uranium 2001 - Resources, Production and Demand, OECD, Paris (2002) ("The Red Book") 1274 OECD NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY, INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Uranium 1999 - Resources, Production and Demand, OECD, Paris (2000) ("The Red Book").

2000

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