Listening

1. You are going to listen to the staff report “Uranium Report: Plenty More Where That Came From“. Mind the proper names.

IAEA

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA)

2. Listen to the staff report “Uranium Report: Plenty More Where That Came From“. Note only the essential details of what you hear:

1. A report released today …
2. Growing demand and higher prices …
3. Uranium 2007: Resources, Production and Demand …
4. Red Book …
5. The uranium market …
6. The demand picture is increasingly complex …
7. In contrast to some other energy resources …
8. Since 1965, the IAEA and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) …

3. Listen to the staff report again and complete the gaps in sentences below with the correct word or phrase you hear:

1. Amid heightened international interest in nuclear energy, countries are _______________ to a finite resource that helps to make nuclear power possible: uranium.
2. … and led to larger identified _______________ over the past two years.
3. … it tracks present ______________ and assesses market dynamics to 2030 and beyond
4. Over _______________ was spent globally on exploration in 2006.
5. Yet the report notes that new builds along with plant life extensions should increase global installed ______________ in the coming decades, thereby increasing demand for uranium.
6. Currently uranium is mined in 20 countries, with Iran being _____________.
7. Canada and Australia currently account for _____ of global uranium production, and other top uranium producers are Kazakhstan (_____), Niger (_____), Russian Federation (_____), Namibia (_____), Uzbekistan (_____), and the United States (_____).
8. The report’s contents are made possible through _______________ obtained by questionnaires sent to relevant IAEA and OECD/NEA member countries, which number 40 in total.

4. Work in pairs or groups. Discuss the topic mentioned in the staff report “Uranium Report: Plenty More Where That Came From “.