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ARTICLE 1

A PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON URANIUM EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION , AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX , IS HEREBY ADOPTED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 .

ARTICLE 2

THE UPPER LIMIT OF EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAMME SHALL BE THREE MILLION EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT BEING DEFINED BY THE FINANCIAL REGULATIONS APPLICABLE , AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STAFF SHALL BE THREE .

ARTICLE 3

THE COMMISSION SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMME . TO ASSIST IT IN THIS TASK , AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT IN THE FIELD OF URANIUM EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED , THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND COMPOSITION OF WHICH SHALL BE DEFINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION OF 18 JULY 1977 ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON RESEARCH PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT ( 3 ).

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 6 MARCH 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . DALSAGER

ANNEX

1 . URANIUM EXPLORATION

1.1 . DISCOVERY OF URANIUM PROVINCES :

• STUDIES ON URANIUM GEOLOGY AND METALLOGENY ,

• STUDY OF PB ISOTOPES ,

• PERFECTION OF TECHNIQUES FOR RAPID AND ROUTINE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS ,

• REMOTE SENSING APPLIED TO PROSPECTING ,

• AIRBORNE GEOCHEMISTRY .

1.2 . DISCOVERY OF SPECIFIC TARGETS :

• MIGRATION OF GASEOUS DERIVATIVES OF URANIUM ,

• TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF URANIUM FROM SOLUTIONS ,

• DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF URANIUM IN SITU .

1.3 . CALIBRATION OF INSTRUMENTS

2 . URANIUM EXTRACTION

2.1 . TECHNICO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDIES

2.2 . RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

2.2.1 . DEVELOPMENT OF EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES :

• IN SITU LEACHING ,

• BACTERIAL LEACHING ,

• LEACHING AT HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE ,

• EXTRACTION FROM REFRACTORY ORES AND CALCINES .

2.2.2 . PROCESSING OF LOW-GRADE ORES AND WASTES :

• EXTRACTION FROM PHOSPHATIC SEDIMENTS ,

• EXTRACTION FROM PHOSPHORIC-ROCK-TREATMENT PLANTS .

2.2.3 . RECOVERY FROM LOW-GRADE RESOURCES :

• PHOSPHORIC ACID LIQUIDS ,

• SEA WATER .

RESEARCH WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY MEANS OF CONTRACTS .