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Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment Assets Held-for-sale Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment |
|  | Net Property, Plant and Equipment at December 31, 2016
(thousands of dollars) |  | Turkey |  | Texas |  | New Mexico |  | Corporate |  | Net book value
Uranium plant |  | $ - |  | $ 8,459 |  | $ - |  | $ - |  | $ 8,459
Mineral rights and properties |  | 17,968 |  | - |  | 19,102 |  | - |  | 37,070
Other property, plant and equipment | 22 |  | 1,224 |  | - |  | 141 |  | 1,387
Total net book value |  | $ 17,990 |  | $ 9,683 |  | $ 19,102 |  | $ 141 |  | $ 46,916
|  | Net Property, Plant and Equipment at December 31, 2015
(thousands of dollars) |  | Turkey |  | Texas |  | New Mexico |  | Corporate |  | Net book value
Uranium plant |  | $ - |  | $ 8,653 |  | $ - |  | $ - |  | $ 8,653
Mineral rights and properties |  | 17,968 |  | 1,513 |  | 19,102 |  | - |  | 38,583
Other property, plant and equipment | 22 |  | 1,352 |  | - |  | 202 |  | 1,576
Total net book value |  | $ 17,990 |  | $ 11,518 |  | $ 19,102 |  | $ 202 |  | $ 48,812
Summary of Impairment Expense by Project | The Company recorded the following impairment charges for 2016 and 2015 related to its uranium projects and processing facilities:
|  | For the years ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Kingsville Dome project |  | $ 160 |  | $ 160
Butler Ranch project |  | 579 |  | -
Sejita Dome project |  | 534 |  | -
Nell project |  | 209 |  | -
Jack Pump project |  | 191 |  | -
Alta Mesa Este project |  | - |  | 800
Total Impairment |  | $ 1,673 |  | $ 960
Schedule of Mineral Property Expenditures | The Company spent the following amounts for each of its material properties:
|  | For the year ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  | (thousands of dollars)
Temrezli project, Turkey |  | $ 498 |  | $ 407
Total Turkey projects |  | 498 |  | 407
Kingsville Dome project, Texas |  | 779 |  | 812
Rosita project, Texas |  | 402 |  | 711
Vasquez project, Texas |  | 461 |  | 510
Butler Ranch project, Texas |  | 12 |  | 443
Other projects, Texas |  | 94 |  | 553
Total Texas projects |  | 1,748 |  | 3,029
Crownpoint project, New Mexico |  | 5 |  | 5
Churchrock project, New Mexico |  | 20 |  | 21
Cebolleta project, New Mexico |  | 138 |  | 537
Juan Tafoya project, New Mexico |  | 47 |  | 384
Other projects, New Mexico |  | 5 |  | 87
Total New Mexico projects |  | 215 |  | 1,034
Columbus Basin project, Nevada |  | 232 |  | -
Other projects, Nevada |  | 31 |  | -
Total Nevada projects |  | 263 |  | -
Sal Rica project, Utah |  | 524 |  | -
Total Utah projects |  | 524 |  | -
Total expense for the period |  | $ 3,248 |  | $ 4,470

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