Uranium ores and concentrates and thorium trade instability

With the collapse of communism and the decommissioning of many nuclear weapons, the world has a hugh surplus of uranium and plutonium, which has dropped to a fraction of its price in the 1980s.

1. Instability of trade in metalliferous ores and metal scrap

1. Dubious viability of nuclear fuel reprocessing plants

1. Reduction in building of nuclear power stations

1. Long-term shortage of uranium resources

1. Reducing uranium surplus

1. Stability
2. Instability