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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001130319-06-000989
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20061207
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061207
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061207

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CAMECO CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001009001
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS METAL ORES [1090]
		IRS NUMBER:				980113090
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14228
		FILM NUMBER:		061261421

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2121 11TH ST W
		CITY:			SASKATOON
		STATE:			A9
		ZIP:			S7M 1J3
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3069566200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2121 11TH ST W.
		CITY:			SASKATOON
		STATE:			A9
		ZIP:			S7M 1J3
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 6-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Report of Foreign Private Issuer<BR>
Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13a-16 or 15d-16 Under<BR>
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">For the month of December, 2006</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Cameco Corporation</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Commission file No.&nbsp;1-14228)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2121 &#150; 11th Street West<BR>
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7M 1J3</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover
Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form
is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b) under the
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Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b):<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Exhibit&nbsp;Index</B></U>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">1.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Press Release dated December&nbsp;6, 2006
</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: December 7, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Cameco Corporation <BR><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left"><I>&#147;Gary
M.S. Chad&#148;</I>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Gary M.S. Chad&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice-President, Governance,<BR>
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Corporate Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
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NYSE
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CCJ
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 18pt">2121 &#150; 11<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th </SUP>Street West, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7M 1J3 Canada<BR>
Tel: (306)&nbsp;956-6200 Fax: (306)&nbsp;956-6201
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Cameco Adds Anne McLellan to Board of Directors</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, December&nbsp;6, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Cameco Corporation </B>announced today that its board of directors appointed the Honourable Anne
McLellan, P.C. of Edmonton, Alberta as a board member, effective December&nbsp;7, 2006, until the next
shareholders&#146; meeting.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">McLellan is a former deputy prime minister of Canada and has held several senior cabinet positions
including federal minister of natural resources, minister of health, minister of justice and
attorney general of Canada, and federal interlocutor for M&#233;tis and non-status Indians.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;We look forward to enhancing the board&#146;s competencies with Anne McLellan&#146;s experience at the
highest levels of Canadian government and her network of international contacts,&#148; said Victor
Zaleschuk, chair of Cameco&#146;s board of directors.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Prior to entering politics in 1993, McLellan was a law professor and administrator at the
University of Alberta. She has also served on the board of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
and Alberta Legal Aid, and as vice-president of the University of Alberta&#146;s faculty association.
Since leaving politics, she has been appointed distinguished scholar in residence at the University
of Alberta in the Institute for United States Policy Studies and counsel in the national law firm
of Bennett Jones, LLP.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">McLellan was born in Nova Scotia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Law degree from
Dalhousie University, and a Master of Laws degree from King&#146;s College, University of London. She
was admitted to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1976.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Cameco, with its head office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is the world&#146;s largest uranium producer.
The company&#146;s uranium products are used to generate electricity in nuclear energy plants around the
world, providing one of the cleanest sources of energy available today. Cameco&#146;s shares trade on
the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.
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