The relationship between burnup and neutron emission intensity of the irradiated low-enrichment uranium oxide fuel was analyzed and studied.

The price of uranium oxide, from which fuel for nuclear power plants is made, has risen from $7.25 a pound in 2001 to $47.25—a record in nominal terms.

Australia could quadruple its 2005 revenue from exporting uranium oxide (mainly to America, France and Japan) if it enriched and fabricated the fuel first.