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At Cameco Inc.'s Smith Ranch-Highland in-situ leach uranium mine, a typical barrel holds about 883 pounds of "yellowcake," which is 83 percent U308, the foundation of nuclear fuel that has sparked a mining rush in Wyoming.
Price-wise, it's worth about $64 per pound on the spot market, and about $45 on contract -- the equivalent of about 450 barrels of oil.
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