Subject: Comments to the Draft Guidelines for the Application of UNFC-2009 to Uranium and Thorium Resources: from Marinela Panayotova, University of Mining and Geology, Bulgaria
19 August 2015
I would like to thank the authors for the enormous work done and for the extremely useful material they prepared.
I suggest a few minor clarifying corrections to the Guidelines:
Comments from Marinela Panayotova, University of Mining and Geology, Bulgaria, to the Draft Guidelines for the Application of UNFC-2009 to Uranium and Thorium Resources.
19 August 2015
I would like to thank the authors for the enormous work done and for the extremely useful material they prepared.
I suggest a few minor clarifying corrections to the Guidelines:
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Page 52, paragraph 3 from the top Sub-categories E1 and E3 can be used define projects more accurately |
Sub-categories of E1 and E3 can be used to define projects more accurately |
Page 54, paragraph 2 from the bottom ALARA |
To be introduced in abbreviations in page 70 |
Page 61, paragraph 4 from the bottom, lines 4-7 On the opportunistic side, the nature of sedimentary basins containing energy resources is such that a number of different energy resources are commonly collocated, such as uranium, phosphates, rare earths elements, oil, gas, and coal. |
On the opportunistic side, the nature of sedimentary basins containing energy resources is such that a number of different resources are commonly collocated, such as uranium, phosphates, rare earths elements, oil, gas, and coal. |
Page 63, paragraph 2 from the bottom, line 3 Because of the way it redefines the nature of resources per se comprehensive extraction has also found support at a policy level in the context of increasing concern at shortages of supplies of “critical” minerals. Inevitably the definition of what is, and is not, a critical mineral is both contested and subject to temporal, local and regional variation. |
Because of the way it redefines the nature of resources per se comprehensive extraction has also found support at a policy level in the context of increasing concern at shortages of supplies of “critical” metals. Inevitably the definition of what is, and is not, a critical metal is both contested and subject to temporal, local and regional variation. |
Comments from Marinela Panayotova, University of Mining and Geology, Bulgaria, to the Draft Guidelines for the Application of UNFC-2009 to Uranium and Thorium Resources.