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The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s. The Biden ...
Uranium in the environment is a global health concern, and comes from both natural and man-made sources. Beyond naturally occurring uranium, mining, phosphates in agriculture, weapons manufacturing, and nuclear power are anthropogenic sources of uranium in the environment.
Former SpaceX engineer Scott Nolan, CEO of startup General Matter, is on a mission to help end Russia's monopoly on a type of more-enriched nuclear fuel by producing it at commercial scale in the ...
Uranium's concentration in the Earth's crust is (depending on the reference) 2 to 4 parts per million, [11] [22] or about 40 times as abundant as silver. [17] The Earth's crust from the surface to 25 km (15 mi) down is calculated to contain 10 17 kg (2 × 10 17 lb) of uranium while the oceans may contain 10 13 kg (2 × 10 13 lb). [11]
U.S. troops have questioned whether some of the ailments they now face were caused by inhaling or being exposed to fragments after a munition was fired or their tanks were struck, damaging uranium ...
Shares of Uranium miner and processor Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSEMKT: UEC) rallied 13.6% this week through Thursday at 1 p.m. ET, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. As is often ...
BOMARC Site RW-01 is a 75-acre (30 ha) [1] fenced-off site contaminated primarily with "weapons-grade plutonium (WGP), highly-enriched and depleted uranium." On 7 June 1960 an explosion in a CIM-10 Bomarc missile fuel tank caused the accident and subsequent contamination.
Uranium has been hot this year, industry experts say. The trouble is there may not be enough to go around. The squeeze on the metal, found in rocks and seawater, intensified recently after 22 ...