1 Nov (NucNet): Ur-Energy of Toronto, Canada, has submitted an application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a licence for its Lost Creek uranium production project in Wyoming, America.
The company said the application is the first stage of obtaining all necessary licences and permits to allow it to recover uranium at Lost Creek using the in situ method. Ur-Energy hopes to begin the production of uranium from Lost Creek towards the end of 2009.
The collection and compilation of environmental background data for the application has taken more than two years. The application review process could take up to 18 months.
The next stage is for Ur-Energy to submit a mine permit application to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. Individual mine unit applications for each well field will be submitted starting in 2008 to cover each individual mine unit or well field produced at Lost Creek.
Ur-Energy is also completing its in-house engineering pre-feasibility study which is expected to be finalised in December 2007.
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