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  2. Jacobsville Sandstone - Wikipedia

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    There has been a history of exploration for uranium resources in the Upper Peninsula, including within the Jacobsville formation. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] Between 2003 and 2010, a joint operation between two companies spent $1.6 million on uranium exploration in the Jacobsville. [ 69 ]

  3. Yellowcake boomtown - Wikipedia

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    Abandoned housing in Jeffrey City, Wyoming in 2011 Moab uranium mill tailings pile in 2010 Partially refined Yellowcake uranium oxide. A yellowcake boomtown also known as a uranium boomtown, is a town or community that rapidly increases in population and economics due to the discovery of uranium ore-bearing minerals, and the development of uranium mining, milling or enrichment activities.

  4. Uranium mining in Wyoming - Wikipedia

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    Wyoming uranium production. Uranium mining in Wyoming was formerly a much larger industry than it is today. Wyoming once had many operating uranium mines, and still has the largest known uranium ore reserves of any state in the U.S. At the end of 2008, the state had estimated reserves dependent on price: 539 million pounds of uranium oxide at ...

  5. The Weird and Wonderful World of Radioactive Glassware ... - AOL

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    This is when uranium glass reached the height of its popularity in the United States between 1958 and 1978, with more than 4 million pieces of decorative uranium produced, according to Oak Ridge ...

  6. Uranium enrichment starting at federally supported ... - AOL

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    Uranium enrichment is getting underway this week at a facility in southern Ohio, a federally authorized demonstration project considered critical to produce the type of fuel needed for newer, more ...

  7. Uranium Energy Strikes $175M Deal To Acquire Rio Tinto's ...

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    Uranium Energy Corp. (AMEX:UEC) shares are trading higher on Monday. The company disclosed a deal to fully acquire Rio Tinto Plc‘s (NYSE:RIO) Wyoming assets for a purchase price of $175 million.

  8. Uranium mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Wyoming uranium mining industry was hard-hit in the 1980s by the drop in the price of uranium. The uranium-mining boom town of Jeffrey City lost 95% of its population in three years. By 2020, the only active uranium mine in Wyoming was the Smith Ranch-Highland in-situ leaching operation in the Powder River Basin, owned by Cameco. [107]

  9. Photos likely show undeclared North Korea uranium ... - AOL

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    Photos of North Korea's uranium enrichment facility may show an undeclared site for building nuclear bombs just outside of its capital, analysts said. North Korea for the first time showed images ...