Table 1:Modern Uranium Project Timelines

Milestone

McArthur River

Cigar Lake

     

Initial Discovery

1988

1981

     

Test Mining Environmental Assessment

1992

1987

     

Start Test Mining

1993

1988

     

Main Project Environmental Assessment

1995

1995

     

Government Approval to Proceed

1997

1998

     

Waste Rock Environment Assessment

N/A

2002

     

Construction Licence Environmental Assessment

N/A

2003

     

Construction Licence Issuance

1997/1998

2004*

     

Operating Licence Issuance

1999

2006/2007*

     

* Forecast

   

Impact of Nuclear Regulation on Uranium Project Sustainability

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