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U.S. Uranium In-Situ-Leach Plants by Owner, Capacity, and Operating Status

Table 4. U.S. Uranium In-Situ-Leach Plants by Owner, Capacity, and Operating Status In-Situ-Leach Plant Owner In-Situ-Leach Plant Name Production Capacity Operating Status at End of (pounds U3O8 per year) 2009 1st Quarter 2010 2nd Quarter 2010 3rd Quarter 2010 4th Quarter 2010 Cameco Crow Butte Operation 1,000,000 Operating Operating Operating Operating Operating Hydro Resources, Inc. Church Rock 1,000,000 Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Hydro Resources, Inc. Crownpoint 1,000,000 Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Lost Creek ISR LLC Lost Creek Project 2,000,000 Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing Mestena Uranium, LLC Alta Mesa Project 1,000,000 Producing Producing Producing Producing Producing Power Resources Inc. dba Cameco Resources Smith Ranch-Highland Operation 5,500,000 Operating Operating Operating Operating Operating Powertech Uranium Corp Centennial Project  -  Undeveloped Undeveloped Undeveloped Undeveloped Undeveloped Powertech Uranium Corp Dewey Burdock Project  -  Undeveloped Undeveloped Undeveloped Undeveloped Undeveloped South Texas Mining Venture Hobson ISR Plant 1,000,000 Permitted And Licensed Standby Standby Permitted And Licensed Operational South Texas Mining Venture La Palangana 1,000,000 Permitted And Licensed Permitted And Licensed Permitted And Licensed Permitted And Licensed Operating South Texas Mining Venture Nichols Project  -   Developing Developing Developing Developing Shutdown URI, Inc. Kingsville Dome 1,000,000 Standby Standby Standby Standby Standby URI, Inc. Rosita 1,000,000 Standby Standby Standby Standby Standby URI, Inc. Vasquez 800,000 Restoration Restoration Restoration Restoration Restoration Uranerz Energy Corporation Nichols Ranch ISR Project  -  Developing Developing Developing Developing Partially Permitted And Licensed Uranium Energy Corporation Goliad ISR Uranium Project 1,000,000 Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Uranium One Americas, Inc. Jab and Antelope 2,000,000 Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing Uranium One Americas, Inc. Moore Ranch 500,000 Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Partially Permitted And Licensed Permitted And Licensed Uranium One USA, Inc. Christensen Ranch 1,000,000 Standby Standby Developing Permitted And Licensed Operating Uranium One USA, Inc. Irigaray Ranch 1,300,000 Standby Standby Under Construction Permitted And Licensed Operational Uranium One USA, Inc. Texas Operations 0 Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation Total Production Capacity:   22,100,000    - = No data reported.   Notes: Production capacity for 4th Quarter 2010.  An operating status of "Operating" indicates the in-situ-leach plant usually was producing uranium concentrate at the end of the period.  La Palangana did produce uranium, but Hobson ISR Plant did not produce uranium during the 4th Quarter 2010.  ISR stands for in-situ recovery.  Christensen Ranch and Irigaray Ranch did not produce uranium during the 4th Quarter 2010.   Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-851A and Form EIA-851Q, "Domestic Uranium Production Report."